5 The Arts of Indebted Optimism: Between Fiction and Reality

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. Introduction 1
4. Interlude 1: Economic Life and Social Distinction in Woldham 25
5. Expressions of Indebtedness
6. ‘You Can’t Argue with Them’: Debt and the Struggle over Value 37
7. Making Debt into an Object: The Work of Debt Advisers 60
8. Interlude 2: Debt and the Household 83
9. Prospects of Expropriation
10. Unsettled Homes: The Interruptible Futures and Violable Spaces of Rented Housing 89
11. ‘But I Do Wish Better for My Kids’: Parental Attachments and Forced Child Removal 112
12. The Arts of Indebted Optimism: Between Fiction and Reality 136
13. Conclusion 157
14. Acknowledgements 175
15. Notes 177
16. References 185
17. Index 204