Everyday Readers ─ Reading and Popular Culture

Collinson (media, music, and cultural studies; Macquarie U., Australia) examines the nature of contemporary book reading as it is experienced and understood by those for whom reading is part of their daily cultural routine, as a time when pundits are declaring the book to be peripheral, a literary fashion accessory for few hobbyists and posers. He examines everyday cultural practices in the electronic information age; the place of everyday reading; books, readers, and social networks; readers, repertoires, texts; and listening to everyday readers. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)