Description: Further DetailsTitle: BookishnessCondition: NewSubtitle: Loving Books in a Digital AgeISBN-10: 0231195125EAN: 9780231195126ISBN: 9780231195126Publisher: Columbia University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/01/2020Description: Twenty-first-century culture is obsessed with books. In a time when many voices have joined to predict the death of print, books continue to resurface in new and unexpected ways. From the proliferation of “shelfies” to Jane Austen–themed leggings and from decorative pillows printed with beloved book covers to bookwork sculptures exhibited in prestigious collections, books are everywhere and are not just for reading. Writers have caught up with this trend: many contemporary novels depict books as central characters or fetishize paper and print thematically and formally.In Bookishness, Jessica Pressman examines the new status of the book as object and symbol. She explores the rise of “bookishness” as an identity and an aesthetic strategy that proliferates from store-window décor to experimental writing. Ranging from literature to kitsch objects, stop-motion animation films to book design, Pressman considers the multivalent meanings of books in contemporary culture. Books can represent shelter from—or a weapon against—the dangers of the digital; they can act as memorials and express a sense of loss. Examining the works of writers such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Jennifer Egan, Mark Z. Danielewski, and Leanne Shapton, Pressman illuminates the status of the book as a fetish object and its significance for understanding contemporary fakery. Bringing together media studies, book history, and literary criticism, Bookishness explains how books still give meaning to our lives in a digital age.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: Jessica PressmanGenre: Literary CriticismBook Series: Literature NowTopic: Science Nature & Math, Computing & Internet, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Bookishness
Title: Bookishness
Subtitle: Loving Books in a Digital Age
ISBN-10: 0231195125
EAN: 9780231195126
ISBN: 9780231195126
Release Date: 12/01/2020
Release Year: 2020
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Publication Name: Bookishness : Loving Books in a Digital Age
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: Communication Studies, Modern / 21st Century, Books & Reading
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Jessica Pressman
Item Length: 0.9 in
Series: Literature Now Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
