Regionalism and the Reading Class

Informationen zum Autor Wendy Griswold is professor of sociology! comparative literary studies! and English at Northwestern University and the author of several books! including Cultures and Societies in a Changing World and Bearing Witness: Readers! Writers! and the Novel in Nigeria. Klappentext Globalization and the Internet are smothering cultural regionalism! that sense of place that flourished in simpler times. These two villains are also prime suspects in the death of reading. Or so alarming reports about our homogenous and dumbed-down culture would have it. This book shows that neither of these claims stands up under scrutiny. Zusammenfassung Globalization and the Internet are smothering cultural regionalism! that sense of place that flourished in simpler times. These two villains are also prime suspects in the death of reading. Or so alarming reports about our homogenous and dumbed-down culture would have it. This book shows that neither of these claims stands up under scrutiny.

Product details

• Authors: Wendy Griswold
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780226309224
• ISBN: 978-0-226-30922-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries