Australia's Elisabeth Wynhausen and a Century of Gonzo Ethnography

Joseph, SA

Australia's Elisabeth Wynhausen and a Century of Gonzo Ethnography

Joseph, SA

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Publisher:: Bloomsbury
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Fear and Loathing Worldwide: Gonzo Journalism Beyond Hunter S. Thompson, 2018, pp. 87 - 111 (24)
Issue Date:: 2018-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Joseph, SA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-6633	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Alexander, R	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Isager, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Fear and Loathing Worldwide: Gonzo Journalism Beyond Hunter S. Thompson, 2018, pp. 87 - 111 (24)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129777
dc.description.abstract	This chapter argues for a taxonomic Gonzo ethnography spanning more than a century, beginning with Jack London and George Orwell, through the pivotal Hunter S. Thompson and onwards to Barbara Ehrenreich, finally claiming a space for Elisabeth Wynhausen's work within this genealogy. Contextualizing Wynhausen's text with tho e of the other authors, this chafJter a1'gues that her auto-ethnographic rendering talus on a Gonzo mantle because of her idiosyncratic voice and its socio-political impetus. Both drive the narrative in Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market, creating an acerbic Australian contemporary commentary on power class, and the invisible underclasses that she johis brle y	en_US
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dc.title	Australia's Elisabeth Wynhausen and a Century of Gonzo Ethnography	en_US
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Abstract:

This chapter argues for a taxonomic Gonzo ethnography spanning more than a century, beginning with Jack London and George Orwell, through the pivotal Hunter S. Thompson and onwards to Barbara Ehrenreich, finally claiming a space for Elisabeth Wynhausen's work within this genealogy. Contextualizing Wynhausen's text with tho e of the other authors, this chafJter a1'gues that her auto-ethnographic rendering talus on a Gonzo mantle because of her idiosyncratic voice and its socio-political impetus. Both drive the narrative in Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market, creating an acerbic Australian contemporary commentary on power class, and the invisible underclasses that she johis brle y

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