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Overview"This anthology explores the relationships and interdependencies between literary production and distinctions of taste by examining how the material aspects of literary texts, such as the cover, binding, typography and paper stock, reflect or even determine their cultural status. In many cases, for example, the distinctions between ""highbrow"" and ""lowbrow"" taste have little to do with the content of the texts themselves, as books often function as markers of socioeconomic status, like clothing or home dcor. One might even go so far as to say that the concept of literary taste is more closely related to fashion sense than critical judgment. The anthology seeks to address this claim by examining how the tensions between consumerism and prestige reflect fundamental historical changes with regard to the development of technology, literacy and social power." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony Enns , Bernhard MetzPublisher: Anthem Press Imprint: Anthem Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781839982767ISBN 10: 1839982764 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 05 July 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA valuable international contribution to understanding how the materiality of book publishing is closely tied to social systems of taste and prestige. - Professor Andrew Piper, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, McGill University, Canada. Ranging widely across historical periods, genres, and nationalities, the essays collected in Consumerism and Prestige draw nuanced, materialist connections between the circumstances of textual production and the cultural construction of 'prestige' as both a marketing and aesthetic category. Book historians and other scholars focused on materialist literary history will find much of interest in this volume. - John Young, Professor of English, Marshall University, USA. The incisive essays in Consumerism and Prestige engage the material aspects of modern literary culture (including the highbrow, the lowbrow and everything in between) as highly suggestive markers of social status. Thoroughly transnational in scope and style, this volume provides fresh methodological impulses for material text studies and comparative literature. - Dr. Alexander Starre, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Department of Culture, Freie Universitat Berlin. “A valuable international contribution to understanding how the materiality of book publishing is closely tied to social systems of taste and prestige.” – Professor Andrew Piper, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, McGill University, Canada. “Ranging widely across historical periods, genres, and nationalities, the essays collected in Consumerism and Prestige draw nuanced, materialist connections between the circumstances of textual production and the cultural construction of ‘prestige’ as both a marketing and aesthetic category. Book historians and other scholars focused on materialist literary history will find much of interest in this volume.” – John Young, Professor of English, Marshall University, USA. “The incisive essays in Consumerism and Prestige engage the material aspects of modern literary culture (including the highbrow, the lowbrow and everything in between) as highly suggestive markers of social status. Thoroughly transnational in scope and style, this volume provides fresh methodological impulses for material text studies and comparative literature.” – Dr. Alexander Starre, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Department of Culture, Freie Universität Berlin. Author Information"Anthony Enns is an associate professor in the Department of English at Dalhousie University. Bernhard Metz is an associate director of the SNF-funded project ""Online-Edition der Rezensionen und Briefe Albrecht von Hallers"" at the University of Bern." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |