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Reading Across Worlds Transnational Book Groups and the Reception of Difference

Reading Across Worlds Transnational Book Groups and the Reception of Difference

Description

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.

Keywords

HistorySocial HistoryLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceAfricanAnthropologyCultural & Social

2014Book

Author(s)J. Procter, B. Benwell

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9781137276391

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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