Cartonera: Culture in a Time of Crisis | Collection in Focus | British Library
Channel: British Library
Date: 2022-11-25

Have you ever read a book bound in cardboard?

Born of economic crisis in Argentina in the early-mid 2000s, cartonera is a grassroots movement to democratise literature. Being a fraction of the cost of a typical book to produce and sell, the cartonera phenomenon ensured that prose and poetry would remain accessible to Latin Americans living in poverty.

Annalisa Ricciardi, Cataloguer for the Americas and Oceania Collections, brings this collection item into focus.

Explore our Latin American Collections here: https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/latin-american-collections