Reading Beyond the Book - The Social Practices of Contemporary Literary Culture

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 organisers. The authors 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.

List of contents

Introduction. 1.Reading 2. Television 3. Radio 4. Money 5. Worker 6. Reader 7. Book

About the author

Danielle Fuller is Senior Lecturer in the Department of American & Canadian Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
DeNel Rehberg Sedo is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada.

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Fuller, Danielle (University of Birmingham Fuller, Danielle Rehberg Sedo Fuller, Fuller Danielle, DeNel Rehberg Sedo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138929937
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92993-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism