Shaikh Shifa Rehmat Hakeem Baksh

Poverty, Addiction, and Social Marginalization in Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart’s Shuggie Bain (2020) portrays the lives of working-class people in 1980s Glasgow against a background of industrial decline, unemployment, inadequate housing, and limited social support. Focusing on Agnes Bain and her son Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, this paper examines h...