Reading Books and Prints as Cultural Objects EPUB
Edited by Evanghelia Stead
Part of the New Directions in Book History series
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This book contributes significantly to book, image and media studies from an interdisciplinary, comparative point of view. Its broad perspective spans medieval manuscripts to e-readers. Inventive methodology offers numerous insights into visual, manuscript and print culture: material objects relate to meaning and reading processes; images and texts are examined in varied associations; the symbolic, representational and cultural agency of books and prints is brought forward.
An introduction substantiates methods and approaches, ten chapters follow along media lines: from manuscripts to prints, printed books, and e-readers. Eleven contributors from six countries challenge the idea of a unified field, revealing the role of books and prints in transformation and circulation between varying cultural trends, ‘high’ and ‘low’. Mostly Europe-based, the collection offers book and print professionals, academics and graduates, models for future research, imaginatively combining material culture with archival data, cultural and reading theories with historical patterns.
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- Publisher:Springer International Publishing
- Publication Date:20/12/2017
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- ISBN:9783319538327
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing
- Publication Date:20/12/2017
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- ISBN:9783319538327