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Author Riley, Catherine E., author.

Title The Virago story : assessing the impact of a feminist publishing phenomenon / Catherine Riley
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (190 pages)
Series Protest, culture and society ; volume 23
Protest, culture and society ; v. 23.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2022)
Subject Virago Press -- History
Women in the book industries and trade -- England -- London -- History
Feminist literature -- Publishing -- England -- London -- History
Publishers and publishing -- England -- London -- History
Book industries and trade -- England -- London -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
Women in the book industries and trade
Publishers and publishing
Feminist literature -- Publishing
Book industries and trade
Feminism
Women authors, English
Women publishers
England -- London
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018037495
ISBN 9781785338090
1785338099