The Virago Story

Assessing the Impact of a Feminist Publishing Phenomenon

Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, History, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: Catherine Riley ISBN: 9781785338090
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: April 23, 2018
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author: Catherine Riley
ISBN: 9781785338090
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: April 23, 2018
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

The 1970s witnessed a renaissance in women’s print culture, as feminist presses and bookshops sprang up in the wake of the second-wave women’s movement. At four decades’ remove from that heady era, however, the landscape looks dramatically different, with only one press from the period still active in contemporary publishing: Virago. This engaging history explains how, from modest beginnings, Virago managed to weather epochal transformations in gender politics, literary culture, and the book publishing business. Drawing on original interviews with many of the press's principal figures, it gives a compelling account of Virago’s place in recent women's history while also reflecting on the fraught relationship between activism and commerce.

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The 1970s witnessed a renaissance in women’s print culture, as feminist presses and bookshops sprang up in the wake of the second-wave women’s movement. At four decades’ remove from that heady era, however, the landscape looks dramatically different, with only one press from the period still active in contemporary publishing: Virago. This engaging history explains how, from modest beginnings, Virago managed to weather epochal transformations in gender politics, literary culture, and the book publishing business. Drawing on original interviews with many of the press's principal figures, it gives a compelling account of Virago’s place in recent women's history while also reflecting on the fraught relationship between activism and commerce.

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