Regenerating Regional Culture A Study of the International Book Town Movement /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Frank, Jane (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Sociology of the Arts ,
• Θέματα: Culture.; Sociology, Urban.; Management.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; Books-History.; Sociology of Culture.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Cultural Management.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; History of the Book.

This book explores the significance of the international book town movement and its impact on contemporary society. It examines how book towns have emerged and how their culture and unique characteristics help to explain a steadily growing phenomenon that has enabled peripheral communities around th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Book Towns: Expanding Literary Connections
• 3. Hay-on-Wye: 'A Town of Travellers Who Stopped'
• 4. Slow Books: Book Towns as Third Places
• 5. Edge-of-the-map Locations: Outposts of Sustainable Culture
• 6. Sacred Objects and Magic Encyclopaedias: Books in Book Towns
• 7. Occasional Errata: Book Towns that Fail or Falter
• 8. Book Towns: An Unfolding Story.