The material culture of writing / edited by Cydney Alexis and Hannah J. Rule.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexis, Cydney, editor.

Rule, Hannah J., 1981- editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Written communication--Social aspects.

Written communication.

Writing materials and instruments--Social aspects.

Writing materials and instruments.

Authorship--Technique.

Authorship.

Writing--Social aspects.

Writing.

Material culture--Study and teaching.

Material culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages)

Place of Publication:

Logan : Utah State University Press, [2022]

Contents:

Introduction : the material culture of writing / Cydney Alexis and Hannah J. Rule

The symbolic life of the Moleskine notebook : material goods as a tableau for writing identity performance / Cydney Alexis

Black ink, white bodies : gender, race and writing instruments / Desirée Henderson

Indexical heirlooms in immigrant literacy history narratives / Jenny Krichevsky

Material motherhood : the disconnect of science and consumerism from nostalgia in baby books / Emilie Merrigan

New writing in new spaces : 'social writing' in an interdisciplinary academic makerspace / Debby Andrews

'Every convenience for a man of letters' : Thomas Jefferson's writing suite / Diane Ehrenpreis

Assembling the file, or, How conservation works / Anne Mackay

The Victorian visitor's book as genre and artifact / Kevin James

Gendered letterwriting in Renaissance England : genre as sociomaterial action / Keri Epps.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 25, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Material culture of writing.

ISBN:

9781646422302

1646422309

Publisher Number:

40031422048

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.