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Bookishness - Loving Books in a Digital Age (Paperback)
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Bookishness - Loving Books in a Digital Age (Paperback)
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Twenty-first-century culture is obsessed with books. In a time when
many voices have joined to predict the death of print, books
continue to resurface in new and unexpected ways. From the
proliferation of "shelfies" to Jane Austen-themed leggings and from
decorative pillows printed with beloved book covers to bookwork
sculptures exhibited in prestigious collections, books are
everywhere and are not just for reading. Writers have caught up
with this trend: many contemporary novels depict books as central
characters or fetishize paper and print thematically and formally.
In Bookishness, Jessica Pressman examines the new status of the
book as object and symbol. She explores the rise of "bookishness"
as an identity and an aesthetic strategy that proliferates from
store-window decor to experimental writing. Ranging from literature
to kitsch objects, stop-motion animation films to book design,
Pressman considers the multivalent meanings of books in
contemporary culture. Books can represent shelter from-or a weapon
against-the dangers of the digital; they can act as memorials and
express a sense of loss. Examining the works of writers such as
Jonathan Safran Foer, Jennifer Egan, Mark Z. Danielewski, and
Leanne Shapton, Pressman illuminates the status of the book as a
fetish object and its significance for understanding contemporary
fakery. Bringing together media studies, book history, and literary
criticism, Bookishness explains how books still give meaning to our
lives in a digital age.
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