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Zusatztext “Riley gives excellent detail of the difficulties Virago faced in being at once a radical, political committed feminist enterprise and a successful commercial publisher…Riley’s book serves as a valuable addition to a growing scholarship of this period of British feminism and will provoke some sentimental recognition in any reader who has a treasured pile of green spines on their shelves.” • Cercles “Riley's book does a terrific job of laying out the context in which Virago first appeared and its transformations over time. Not only does it evocatively capture a historical moment, but it also serves as an important case study in business history, provides a critical intellectual history of feminism, and even alters our understanding of the book itself.” • Jennifer Scanlon , Bowdoin College “Scholars in the fields of book history, publishing studies, and gender studies will welcome the arrival of this book—an important and long overdue study charting how one of the world’s most established feminist presses not only survived but also found ways to adapt and thrive in a radically restructured political and publishing landscape.” • Kate Eichhorn , The New School Informationen zum Autor Catherine Riley received her doctorate from Birkbeck College. Her research focuses on trends in gender theory and praxis, particularly as it applies to publishing and social change. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: 1973-1983 Chapter 1. Virago's Hands-on Brand of Feminism Chapter 2. Changing the Literary Landscape PART II: 1983-1994 Chapter 3. 'Alternative, Autonomous, and Viable': Feminist Publishing and the Mainstream Chapter 4. Fragmenting Feminism and Diversifying Women's Writing PART III: 1994-2004 Chapter 5. Working Women and the Changing Face(s) of the Book Industry Chapter 6. Third Waves and Disconnections PART IV: 2004-2017 Chapter 7. Virago's Place in the New Millennium's Literary Marketplace Chapter 8. Twenty-First Century Feminism(s) and Virago's Role for Women's Writing Conclusion Bibliography Index ...
