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Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life, Long, Elizabeth Book
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- 9780226492629
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226492621
ISBN-13
9780226492629
eBay Product ID (ePID)
434161
Product Key Features
Book Title
Book Clubs : Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Women's Studies, Books & Reading
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
13.9 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-153742
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
028/.9/0973
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments ONE On the Social Nature of Reading TWO Nineteenth-Century White Women's Reading Groups: Literary Inspiration and Social Reform THREE Between Past and Present: Introductory Reflections on the Changing Nature of Women's Reading Groups FOUR Exploring the Social World of Houston's Reading Groups FIVE Book Selection: Negotiating Group Identity through Literature SIX Conversing with Books, Fashioning Subjectivity, Dealing with Difference SEVEN Reading Groups and the Challenge of Mass Communication and Marketing EIGHT At the End Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Book clubs are everywhere these days. And women talk about the clubs they belong to with surprising emotion. But why are the clubs so important to them? And what do the women discuss when they meet? To answer questions like these, Elizabeth Long spent years observing and participating in women's book clubs and interviewing members from different discussion groups. Far from being an isolated activity, she finds reading for club members to be an active and social pursuit, a crucial way for women to reflect creatively on the meaning of their lives and their place in the social order., Book clubs are everywhere these days. And women talk about the clubs they belong to with surprising emotion: You will never know what a difference it made in my life. But why are the clubs so important to them? Which women join book clubs and why? And what do the women discuss when they meet? participating in women's book clubs in the Houston area and interviewing members from dozens of different discussion groups. Far from being an isolated activity, she finds that for club members reading is an active and social pursuit, a crucial way for them to reflect creatively on the meaning of their lives and their place in the social order. Similar to their 19th-century predecessors, whom Long also considers, women today find in reading groups the inspiration, support and self-confidence to reimagine themselves both individually and collectively. Tracing how this process works, Long takes us on a guided tour of the book clubs themselves, from how they are formed and organized to how members choose which books to read. Through vivid examples, she shows how women use literature to achieve personal insight and empowerment. She then turns her attention to the emergence of book clubs that are run through chain bookstores, television shows and the Internet, and considers the importance of such clubs for women as a broader cultural forum. revealed to be a vital arena for self-formation, one that has as much currency now as it did a century ago.
LC Classification Number
LC6651.L65 2003
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- c***r (557)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseMost importantly, the book condition was as specified. Many thanks for that. Also, the book was delivered promptly from the USA to the UK. Also, the price was reasonable for an out-of-print book. However, one point of constructive criticism: the packaging could have been much better, in order to better protect the book in transit. The book was sent in a bubble-wrap mailer only, with no cardboard to give the package greater strength. Thank you very much for any consideration of my feedback.
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