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Reading beyond the book : the social practices of contemporary literary culture / Danielle Fuller and DeNel Rehberg Sedo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuller, Danielle, author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 49.
- Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--Social aspects--History--21st century.
- Books and reading.
- Books and reading--Social aspects--United States.
- Books and reading--Social aspects--Canada.
- Books and reading--Social aspects--Great Britain.
- Group reading--Case studies.
- Group reading.
- Book clubs (Discussion groups)--Case studies.
- Book clubs (Discussion groups).
- Reading promotion--Case studies.
- Reading promotion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 attrac
- Contents:
- Reading
- Television
- Radio
- Money
- Worker
- Reader
- Book.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-08037-2
- 0-203-06774-6
- 1-299-44794-5
- 1-135-08038-0
- 9780203067741
- OCLC:
- 836402566
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