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Print Culture in a Diverse America

  • ISBN-13: 9780252066993
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • Edited by James P. Danky, Edited by Wayne A. Wiegand
  • Price: AUD $73.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 16/03/1998
  • Format: Paperback 304 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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In the modern era there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture--books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue collection offers a unique foray into the multicultural world of reading and readers in the United States. Interdisciplinary essays examine the many ways print culture functions within different groups; they link gender, class, and ethnicity to the uses and goals of a wide variety of publications; and they explore the role print materials play in constructing certain historical events, such as the Titanic disaster.
''Each of the essays ... provide a fascinating insight into a field often ignored by media historians.'' -- Margaret A. Blanchard, Communications Bulletin Quarterly ''Worth the price of admission is Wayne Wiegand's excellent introductory essay, which explicates in a few tightly written pages the panorama of scholarship on print culture that has appeared over the past three or four decades...A first-rate collection of essays that contributes greatly to our understanding of the role of books and periodicals created for and consumed by those outside the mainstream American culture... [An] excellent book.'' -- Edward A. Goedeken, H-Net Reviews
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