| Description |
1 online resource (190 pages). |
| Series |
Protest, culture and society ; volume 23
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Protest, culture and society ; v. 23.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Virago's hands-on brand of feminism -- Changing the literary landscape -- 'Alternative, autonomous, and viable' : feminist publishing and the mainstream -- Fragmenting feminism and diversifying women's writing -- Working women and the changing face(s) of the book industry -- Third waves and disconnections -- Virago's place in the new millennium's literary marketplace -- Twenty-first century feminism(s) and Virago's role for women's writing. |
| Summary |
"The 1970s witnessed a renaissance in women's print culture, as feminist presses and bookshops sprang up in the wake of the second-wave women's movement. At four decades' remove from that heady era, however, the landscape looks dramatically different, with only one press from the period still active in contemporary publishing: Virago. This engaging history explains how, from modest beginnings, Virago managed to weather epochal transformations in gender politics, literary culture, and the book publishing business. Drawing on original interviews with many of the press's principal figures, it gives a compelling account of Virago's place in recent women's history while also reflecting on the fraught relationship between activism and commerce"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Virago Press -- History.
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Women in the book industries and trade -- England -- London -- History.
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Feminist literature -- Publishing -- England -- London -- History.
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Publishers and publishing -- England -- London -- History.
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Book industries and trade -- England -- London -- History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies |
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Women in the book industries and trade |
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Publishers and publishing |
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Feminist literature -- Publishing |
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Book industries and trade |
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Feminism |
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Women authors, English |
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Women publishers |
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England -- London |
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Great Britain |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Riley, Catherine E. Virago story. New York : Berghahn Books, 2018 9781785338083 (DLC) 2017058328 |
| ISBN |
9781785338090 electronic book |
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1785338099 electronic book |
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9781785338557 paperback |
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1785338552 paperback |
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9781785338083 hardcover |
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