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UNINA9910782531603321 |
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Griswold Wendy |
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Regionalism and the reading class [[electronic resource] /] / Wendy Griswold |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2008 |
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1-281-95702-X |
9786611957025 |
0-226-30926-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Reading - Social aspects |
Reading interests |
Regionalism - Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Place, regional culture, and literary regionalism -- The reading class -- Cowbirds in America -- Paradox in Italy -- State patronage in Norway and the U. S. -- Conclusion : the reading class and regionalism. |
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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, but as Regionalism and the Reading Class shows, neither of these claims stands up under scrutiny-quite the contrary. Wendy Griswold draws on cases from Italy, Norway, and the United States to show that fans of books form their own reading class, with a distinctive demographic profile separate from the general public. This reading class is modest in size but intense in its literary practices. Paradoxically these educated and mobile elites work hard to put down local roots by, among other strategies, exploring regional writing. Ultimately, due to the technological, economic, and political advantages they wield, cosmopolitan readers are able to celebrate, perpetuate, and reinvigorate local culture. Griswold's study will appeal to students of cultural sociology and the history of the book-and her findings will be |
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welcome news to anyone worried about the future of reading or the eclipse of place. |
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UNINA9910158947903321 |
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Bilderback T. M. |
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Naufragiul Lui Edmund Fitzgerald |
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Sardis County Sentinel Press |
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1 online resource (43 p.) |
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În urma accidentul nuclear de la Fukushima, echipajul unui vas de pescuit se confrunt cu un monstru imens pe mare.David Rudolph i Jacky Baker sunt doi dintre cei mai buni pescari comerciali de pe coasta Oregonului. Cei doi brbai au noroc i se îmbarc la bordul vasului de pescuit de dou sute douzeci de picioare, Edmund Fitzgerald II.Cu un echipaj de zece membri, vasul navigheaz prin apele radioactive din Pacific, care au fost aduse de curenii din zona accidentul nuclear de la Fukushima din Japonia. Folosind cele mai noi i mai sensibile contoare Geiger disponibile pentru utilizare subacvatic, cpitanul lui Fitzgerald II este decis ca întreaga sa captur s fie sigur pentru consumul uman.Dup o zi plin de capturi bune, îns, vasul i echipajul întâlnesc ceva ce nu se ateptau.Ceva în ap.Ceva mare.Inspirându-se dintr-un cântec de succes, T.M. Bilderback ofer cititorilor o povestire palpitant i tulburtoare in acelai timp. |
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