Words for conviviality : media technologies and practices of hope / Jeffrey Bilbro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bilbro, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.

Books and reading.

Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Mass media--Technological innovations--United States--History--19th century.

Mass media.

Metaphor.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

metaphor.

Physical Description:

xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Retrieves reading practices from major American authors as a guide to more communal approaches to the consumption of media in a digital age"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Trust, watersheds, and America's industrial print culture

Twenty-six theses on textual technologies

Utopia, or, what does industrial print tempt optimistic readers to imagine themselves as?: Transparent eyeballs

Men of adamant

Encyclopedists and map-plotters

Celebrities

Benevolent bosses

Dystopia, or what does industrial print lead its victims to fear they will become?: Loose fish

Macadamized minds

Commodities

Slaves

Hope, or, what alternative metaphors might orient more convivial reading?: Walkers

Conversationalists

Friends

Cross-bearers

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bilbro, Jeffrey. Words for conviviality

ISBN:

9781481319829

1481319825

OCLC:

1438666405