Australia's Elisabeth Wynhausen and a century of Gonzo ethnography
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2018
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Joseph, S.
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Source details - Title: Fear and Loathing Worldwide: Gonzo Journalism Beyond Hunter S. Thompson, 2018, Ch.5, pp.87-110
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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 those of the other authors, this chapter argues that her auto-ethnographic rendering takes 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 joins briefly.
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Copyright 2018 Bloomsbury