On Both Sides of the Tracks: Social Mobility in Contemporary French Literature

Contents Note on Citations Introduction: The Parvenant 1. Rastignac Redux 2. The Muddy Parvenant, Then and Now 3. The Transient Body of the Transclass 4. Self-Maid? The Social Mobility of Literary and Cinematic Servants 5. A Foot in the Door: Passing on Social Mobility 6. Travel Class: From the Ladder to the Train 7. From Rastignac to Subutex: The Immobilization of the Fictional Character Conclusion: A Demoted Canon Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index