J. Procter, B. Benwell

Reading Across Worlds (eBook, PDF)

Transnational Book Groups and the Reception of Difference

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Combining sustained empirical analysis of reading group conversations with four case studies of classic and contemporary novels: Things Fall Apart, White Teeth, Brick Lane and Small Island, this book pursues what can be gained through a comparative approach to reading and readerships.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137276407
• Artikelnr.: 42110698

Autorenporträt

James Procter is a Reader in the School of English at Newcastle University, UK. His publications include Writing Black Britain (2000), Dwelling Places (2003), Stuart Hall (2004), and (with Benwell and Robinson) co-editor of Postcolonial Audiences (2012). Bethan Benwell is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Literature and Languages at the University of Stirling, UK. She has published widely on discursive approaches to identity, including those of readers. Her publications include Masculinity and Men's Lifestyle Magazines (2003) and (with Stokoe) Discourse and Identity (2006) and (with Procter and Robinson) co-editor of Postcolonial Audiences (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Transcription Key Notes on Book Groups 1. Introduction 2. Professional and Lay Readers 3. Remote Reading 4. Reading and Realism 5. Reading in the Literary Market Place 6. Reading as a Social Practice - Race Talk Appendices Endnotes Bibliography Index