{"product_id":"comparative-print-culture-a-study-of-alternative-literary-modernities-9783030368937","title":"Comparative Print Culture: A Study of Alternative Literary Modernities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rasoul Aliakbari\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If we de-europeanize the historical narrative of the development of print, and of its motive power in generating modern social and political formations, and further pluralize that 'modernity' to 'alternative modernities, ' what will be the result? Taking this question as a point of departure, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eComparative Print Culture\u003c\/i\u003e provide vibrant studies of the role of print in effecting, and reflecting, individual sensibilities, collective networks, and political movements self-defined as 'modern, ' working with considerable temporal range, a global span, and careful inflection for cultural difference.\" \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHeather Murray\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Toronto, Canada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \"A succinct and accomplished contribution to this growing field.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRobert Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e, The Open University, UK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a fascinating collection of essays that brings together a number of hitherto under-represented and overlooked aspects of print cultural histories of Asia in a global comparative context. In doing so, the authors create a novel space to chart the development of modernities and trace formations of knowledge, but also creations of entertainment cultures across continents.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eB. Venkat Mani\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US, author of \u003ci\u003eRecoding World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterature: Libraries, Print Culture, and Germany's Pact with Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on comparative literary studies, postcolonial book history, and multiple, literary, and alternative modernities, this collection approaches the study of \u003ci\u003ealternative literary modernities\u003c\/i\u003e from the perspective of\u003ci\u003e comparative print culture\u003c\/i\u003e. The term \u003ci\u003ecomparative print culture \u003c\/i\u003edesignates a wide range of scholarly practices that discover, examine, document, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\/or historicize various printed materials and their reproduction, circulation, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand uses across genres, languages, media, and technologies, all within a\u003ci\u003e comparative\u003c\/i\u003e orientation. This book explores alternative\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eliterary modernities mostly by highlighting the distinct ways in which literary\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand cultural print modernities outside Europe evince the repurposing of European\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003esystems and cultures of print and further deconstruct their perceived universality.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRasoul Aliakbari\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD) has taught English Studies, Comparative and World\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLiterature, and Writing and Communication Studies at the University of Alberta, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eMacEwan University, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and NorQuest\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCollege, all in Canada.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45273809617047,"sku":"9783030368937","price":5876.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783030368937.webp?v=1769237684","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/comparative-print-culture-a-study-of-alternative-literary-modernities-9783030368937","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}