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Reading beyond the book : the social practices of contemporary literary culture /
"Literary culture has become a form of popular culture over the last fifteen years thanks to the success of televised book clubs, film adaptations, big-box book stores, online bookselling, and face-to-face and online book groups. This volume offers the first critical analysis of mass reading ev...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge research in cultural and media studies ;
49. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "Literary culture has become a form of popular culture over the last fifteen years thanks to the success of televised book clubs, film adaptations, big-box book stores, online bookselling, and face-to-face and online book groups. This volume offers the first critical analysis of mass reading events and the contemporary meanings of reading in the UK, USA, and Canada based on original interviews and surveys with readers and event organizers. The resurgence of book groups has inspired new cultural formations of what the authors call "shared reading." They interrogate the enduring attraction of an old technology for readers, community organizers, and government agencies, exploring the social practices inspired by the sharing of books in public spaces and revealing the complex ideological investments made by readers, cultural workers, institutions, and the mass media in the meanings of reading."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 349 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-339) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203067741 0203067746 9781135080389 1135080380 9781135080334 113508033X 9781135080372 1135080372 9781138929937 113892993X 1299447945 9781299447943 |
| Access: | Access restricted to authorised ANU users only. |