Reading Across Worlds [electronic resource] : Transnational Book Groups and the Reception of Difference /
Procter, J.author.
Benwell, B.author.
Combining sustained empirical analysis of reading group conversations with four case studies of classic and contemporary novels: Things Fall Apart, White Teeth, Brick Lane and Small Island, this book pursues what can be gained through a comparative approach to reading and readerships.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figure; Acknowledgements; Transcription Key; Notes on Book Groups; About the Authors; 1 Introduction; 2 Professional and Lay Readers; 3 Remote Reading; 4 Reading and Realism; 5 Reading in the Literary Marketplace; 6 Reading as a Social Practice: Race Talk; Appendices; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Combining sustained empirical analysis of reading group conversations with four case studies of classic and contemporary novels: Things Fall Apart, White Teeth, Brick Lane and Small Island, this book pursues what can be gained through a comparative approach to reading and readerships.
Achebe, Chinua.
Smith, Zadie.
Ali, Monica, 1967-
Levy, Andrea, 1956-
Civilization—History.
Literature   .
Literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
African literature.
Cultural History.
Postcolonial/World Literature.
Literature, general.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
African Literature.