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Public pages : reading along the Latin American streetscape / Marcy Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Marcy E., 1958- author.
- Series:
- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy programs--Latin America.
- Literacy programs.
- Literacy--Latin America.
- Literacy.
- Public spaces.
- City and town life.
- Reading--Social aspects.
- Reading.
- Latin America.
- Reading--Social aspects--Latin America.
- Literature and society--Latin America.
- Literature and society.
- City and town life--Latin America.
- Public spaces--Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
- Contents:
- Introduction : city reading: public space and cultural
- Citizenship in Latin America
- Campaigning for the capital : Bogotá and Buenos Aires as UNESCO world book capitals
- Reading on wheels : stories of convivencia in Bogotá and Santiago
- Cacerolazos y bibliotecas : solidarity, reading, and public space after the Argentine economic crisis (2001-2002)
- Recycled reading and the cartonera collectives : publishing from the ground up
- Books that bite : libraries of banned books in Argentina
- Conclusion : stories at the intersection.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781477315170
- 1477315179
- 9781477315187
- 1477315187
- OCLC:
- 1002302763
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