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Virago Story

Catherine Riley
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      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.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Catherine Riley EAN: 9781785338557 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Berghahn Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-04-23 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gender studies: women and girls, Publishing and book trade

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      Catherine Riley received her doctorate from Birkbeck College. Her research focuses on trends in gender theory and praxis, particularly as it applies to publishing and social change.
      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.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Catherine Riley EAN: 9781785338557 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Berghahn Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-04-23 CITY: GENRE: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Women in Business, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gender studies: women and girls, Publishing and book trade

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      Catherine Riley received her doctorate from Birkbeck College. Her research focuses on trends in gender theory and praxis, particularly as it applies to publishing and social change.

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