@article{Buchanan_2019, title={Like a Scattering from a Fixed Point: Austerity Fiction and the Inequalities of Elsewhere}, volume={9}, url={https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/article/view/7354}, DOI={10.13128/SIJIS-2239-3978-25511}, abstractNote={<p class="p1"><span class="s1">After the financial collapse of 2008, Ireland imposed a program of fiscal consolidation that was designed to address the debt concerns of the nation. The implementation of austerity measures became the inverse to the high-flying years of the Celtic Tiger. Mike McCormack’s <em>Solar Bones</em> and Mary Morrissy’s <em>Prosperity Drive</em> represent examples of post-austerity literature in how they engage with ideas of austerity as an inverted capitalist narrative of success. Their books examine a post-austerity Ireland where the influence of global capitalism has resulted in a disruption of local communities. Both McCormack and Morrissy critique post-austerity Ireland to show the psychological, emotional, and human cost of the nation’s transformation into a post-austerity country.</span></p>}, number={9}, journal={Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies}, author={Buchanan, Jason}, year={2019}, month={Jun.}, pages={179–201} }