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Author Dane, Alexandra, author

Title White literary taste production in contemporary book culture / Alexandra Dane
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture
Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture.
Contents The Logic of White Literary Taste -- Legitimacy, Value and Power -- White Feminist Solipsism and Women's Literary Awards -- The Transformative Limits of The Anti-Racist Reading List
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- Australia
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- United States
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- Canada
Discrimination in employment.
Literature and race.
Literature -- Appreciation -- Social aspects
Literary prizes -- Social aspects
White people -- Books and reading
Books and reading -- Sociological aspects.
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects
Books and reading -- Sociological aspects
Discrimination in employment
Literature and race
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023000864
ISBN 9781009234276
1009234277