love of books

Attachment to a changing cultural object

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

The Love of Books examines the affective bond between people and books in the UK. In the context of the unprecedented abundance of media offering information, storytelling and entertainment, it investigates the attachment to print and digital books amongst readers from a range of backgrounds who read for pleasure, wish to be surrounded by print copies of books, and have trouble discarding books. Unlike existing research, which focuses on prestige, social status, and cultural capital, this study centres on meaning, materiality and emotion. Drawing on interviews and archive material, it shows how attachment emerges from the practical fusion of three elements that have so far been examined separately: the material, surface properties of books, the act of reading, and books’ symbolic power.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-03-03
Mått:138 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt:426 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9781526158888

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

María Angélica Thumala Olave is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh

Recensioner i media

'An outstanding piece of scholarship that holds books and reading up to the light to see their refracting and reflecting surfaces. The power of the explanation resides in its understated erudition and it is with warmth and compassion that Angélica builds out her frameworks. As with the best scholarly works, it is a book that will gently shift how you see the world in general, and reading in particular.'Nick Prior, Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Edinburgh'I will take from The Love of Books the valuable lesson - both as salve to my younger self and as an important reminder to the scholar I am today - that joy, pleasure, and attachment are worth following. For any social scientists interested in literature, attachment, and media, this book comes highly recommended.'Adora Svitak, Cultural Sociology

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1 In the presence of books and books’ iconic power2 Reading as action3 The gifts of reading4 Remediation and attachment in the reading of e-books5 Four readersEpilogueMethodological Appendices (I, II, III)NotesBibliographyIndex