Reading Beyond the Book

The Social Practices of Contemporary Literary Culture

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
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Author: Danielle Fuller, DeNel Rehberg Sedo ISBN: 9781135080372
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 2, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Danielle Fuller, DeNel Rehberg Sedo
ISBN: 9781135080372
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 2, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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