The Virago Story
Assessing the Impact of a Feminist Publishing Phenomenon
The 1970s witnessed a renaissance in women's print culture, as feminist presses and bookshops sprang up in the wake of the second-wave women's movement. At four decades' remove from that heady era, however, the landscape looks dramatically different, with only one press from the period still active in contemporary publishing: Virago. This engaging history explains how, from modest beginnings, Virago managed to weather epochal transformations in gender politics, literary culture, and the book publishing business. Drawing on original interviews with many of the press's principal figures, it gives a compelling account of Virago's place in recen…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78533-809-0
- EAN: 9781785338090
- Produktnummer: 24515479
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'671 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Reihenbandnummer: 23
Über den Autor
Catherine Riley received her doctorate from Birkbeck College. Her research focuses on trends in gender theory and praxis, particularly as it applies to publishing and social change.
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