Reading Books and Prints as Cultural Objects - Evanghelia Stead - Palgrave, 2018
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Codice prodotto: 255919028995
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Reading Books and Prints as Cultural Objects
Edizione Inglese di Evanghelia Stead (a cura di)
Editore: Springer International Publishing
EAN: 9783319852522
ISBN: 3319852523
Pagine: 332
Formato: Paperback
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.