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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew RosenPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780826504821ISBN 10: 0826504825 Pages: 186 Publication Date: 30 September 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 ContentsAcknowledgments List of Illustrations Introduction: Writing the Relationship Between Books and People 1. One Hundred Years of Transformation 2. Miracles of the Street 3. In the Public Interest 4. Reading Nearby 5. Between Conflicting Systems Conclusion: A Good Time to Read Appendix: Pika pa sipËrfaqe's Catalogue of Publications, November 2009–November 2021 References IndexReviewsThis book is a pioneering contribution to the literary ethnography, literary history, and the role of literature in contemporary Albania. --Natasa Gregoric Bon, Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies, Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Arts and Science This is a story of desires, aspirations, and visions, as well as the precarity and violence of post-socialist late-capitalism, located in the seemingly profane choice--what to translate and publish next, and why. As such, it is a compelling ethnography of how ideas move about through literary and social cross-referencing, actions taken, and meanings attributed to physical and imagined social, political, and economic locations, spaces, and practices. --Nita Luci, author of The Politics of Remembrance and Belonging: Life Histories of Albanian Women in Kosova This book is a pioneering contribution to literary ethnography, literary history, and the role of literature in contemporary Albania. --Natasa Gregoric Bon, Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts This is a story of desires, aspirations, and visions, as well as the precarity and violence of post-socialist late-capitalism, located in the seemingly profane choice--what to translate and publish next, and why. As such, it is a compelling ethnography of how ideas move about through literary and social cross-referencing, actions taken, and meanings attributed to physical and imagined social, political, and economic locations, spaces, and practices. --Nita Luci, author of The Politics of Remembrance and Belonging: Life Histories of Albanian Women in Kosova Author InformationMatthew Rosen is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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