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"Bloody Sore": Eugenic Rhetoric and the Production of the Universal Worker in Irene Baird's Waste Heritage.
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- Author(s): Uher, Valerie
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Canadian Literature; 2024, Issue 256, p59-79, 21p
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The article delves into Irene Baird's 1939 novel "Waste Heritage," set in Vancouver and Vancouver Island in 1938, highlighting its depiction of labor struggles during the Great Depression, and examines the book's eugenic rhetoric in portraying unemployed workers. It discusses how literary critics have reassessed the novel's political stance over time, moving from a justification for socialism to recognizing its nuanced, and sometimes critical, view of leftist politics.
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