03664nam 2200661 a 450 991078253160332120230207225818.01-281-95702-X97866119570250-226-30926-610.7208/9780226309262(CKB)1000000000579047(EBL)408434(OCoLC)476229049(SSID)ssj0000234890(PQKBManifestationID)11208132(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234890(PQKBWorkID)10243134(PQKB)10023902(StDuBDS)EDZ0000119082(MiAaPQ)EBC408434(DE-B1597)524271(OCoLC)1135588405(DE-B1597)9780226309262(Au-PeEL)EBL408434(CaPaEBR)ebr10266022(CaONFJC)MIL195702(EXLCZ)99100000000057904720070627d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRegionalism and the reading class[electronic resource] /Wendy GriswoldChicago University of Chicago Pressc20081 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-30922-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 welcome news to anyone worried about the future of reading or the eclipse of place. ReadingSocial aspectsReading interestsRegionalismSocial aspectssociology, reader, literacy, classism, classist, status, region, regional, culture, cultural, globalization, internet, academic, scholarly, research, study, case, fieldwork, italy, norway, united states, america, europe, international, books, demographics, literary, literature, elite, writing, technology, technological, economics, economy, politics, political, cosmopolitan.ReadingSocial aspects.Reading interests.RegionalismSocial aspects.418.4Griswold Wendy147960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782531603321Regionalism and the reading class3800347UNINA