Regionalism and the Reading Class

by Wendy Griswold

Globalization and the Internet are smothering cultural regionalism, that sense of place that flourished in simpler times. These two villains are also prime suspects in the death of reading. Or so alarming reports about our homogenous and dumbed-down culture would have it, but as Regionalism and the Reading Class shows, neither of these claims stands up under scrutiny--quite the contrary.

Wendy Griswold draws on cases from Italy, Norway,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226309223
• ISBN13: 9780226309224
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.7"