In deadly time: the lasting on of waste in Mayhew's London

Scanlan, John (2007) In deadly time: the lasting on of waste in Mayhew's London. ISSN 1461-7463

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Abstract

This article examines the temporal dimension of waste in Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor as an instance of how modernity has produced a largely hidden domain of the non-identical and indeterminate. Through a consideration of the phenomena of uselessness, decay and poverty I argue that the temporal dimension of waste is constituted as a corrosive or malign `Deadly Time'. In placing such emphasis on time directed towards death, I aim to show that Mayhew's undisciplined researches can be seen as a valuable source for understanding why modern thinking struggles to come to terms with waste.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	No
Date added to e-space:	15 Jun 2010 11:13
Publisher:	Sage
Additional Information:	Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Time & Society, published by and copyright Sage.
Divisions:	Faculties
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/104867
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07080265
ISSN	1461-7463

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