· 2013
Reading Beyond the Book
- 116citations
- 2013year
Short summary
Literary culture has transformed into popular culture due to televised book clubs, film adaptations, and online platforms, fostering "shared reading" experiences.
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Key points
- Literary culture has become popular culture through media like televised book clubs and film adaptations.
- The volume analyzes mass reading events and contemporary reading meanings in the UK, USA, and Canada.
- Original interviews and surveys with readers and event organizers form the basis of the analysis.
- The resurgence of book groups has led to new cultural formations of "shared reading."
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Abstract
Literary culture has become a form of popular culture over the last fifteen years thanks to the success of televised book clubs, film adaptations, big-box book stores, online bookselling, and face-to-face and online book groups. 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 organizers. The resurgence of book groups has inspired new cultural formations of what the authors call "shared reading." They 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.
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