LEADER 03664nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910782531603321 005 20230207225818.0 010 $a1-281-95702-X 010 $a9786611957025 010 $a0-226-30926-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226309262 035 $a(CKB)1000000000579047 035 $a(EBL)408434 035 $a(OCoLC)476229049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234890 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11208132 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234890 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243134 035 $a(PQKB)10023902 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000119082 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408434 035 $a(DE-B1597)524271 035 $a(OCoLC)1135588405 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226309262 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408434 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10266022 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195702 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000579047 100 $a20070627d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRegionalism and the reading class$b[electronic resource] /$fWendy Griswold 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-30922-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPlace, 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. 330 $aGlobalization 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. 606 $aReading$xSocial aspects 606 $aReading interests 606 $aRegionalism$xSocial aspects 610 $asociology, reader, literacy, classism, classist, status, region, regional, culture, cultural, globalization, internet, academic, scholarly, research, study, case, fieldwork, italy, norway, united states, america, europe, international, books, demographics, literary, literature, elite, writing, technology, technological, economics, economy, politics, political, cosmopolitan. 615 0$aReading$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aReading interests. 615 0$aRegionalism$xSocial aspects. 676 $a418.4 700 $aGriswold$b Wendy$0147960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782531603321 996 $aRegionalism and the reading class$93800347 997 $aUNINA