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Despite initiatives to 'diversify' the publishing sector, there has
been almost no transformation to the historic racial inequality
that defines the field. This Element argues that contemporary book
culture is structured by practice that operates according to a
White taste logic. By applying the notion of this logic to an
analysis of both traditional and new media tastemaking practices,
White Literary Taste Production in Contemporary Book Culture
examines the influence of Whiteness on the cultural practice, and
how the long-standing racial inequities that characterize
Anglophone book publishing are supported by systems, institutions
and platforms. These themes will be explored through two distinct
but interrelated case studies-women's literary prizes and
anti-racist reading lists on Instagram-which demonstrate the
dominance of Whiteness, and in particular White feminism, in the
contemporary literary discourse.
Gender and Prestige in Literature: Contemporary Australian Book
Culture explores the relationship between gender, power, reputation
and book publishing's consecratory institutions in the Australian
literary field from 1965-2015. Focusing on book reviews, literary
festivals and literary prizes, this work analyses the ways in which
these institutions exist in an increasingly cooperative and
generative relationship in the contemporary publishing industry, a
system designed to limit field transformation. Taking an
intersectional approach, this research acknowledges that a number
of factors in addition to gender may influence the reception of an
author or a title in the literary field and finds that progress
towards equality is unstable and non-linear. By combining
quantitative data analysis with interviews from authors, editors,
critics, publishers and prize judges Alexandra Dane maps the
circulation of prestige in Australian publishing, addressing
questions around gender, identity, literary reputation, literary
worth and the resilience of the status quo that have long plagued
the field.
Gender and Prestige in Literature: Contemporary Australian Book
Culture explores the relationship between gender, power, reputation
and book publishing's consecratory institutions in the Australian
literary field from 1965-2015. Focusing on book reviews, literary
festivals and literary prizes, this work analyses the ways in which
these institutions exist in an increasingly cooperative and
generative relationship in the contemporary publishing industry, a
system designed to limit field transformation. Taking an
intersectional approach, this research acknowledges that a number
of factors in addition to gender may influence the reception of an
author or a title in the literary field and finds that progress
towards equality is unstable and non-linear. By combining
quantitative data analysis with interviews from authors, editors,
critics, publishers and prize judges Alexandra Dane maps the
circulation of prestige in Australian publishing, addressing
questions around gender, identity, literary reputation, literary
worth and the resilience of the status quo that have long plagued
the field.
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