The first broad survey of contemporary print culture in Latin America, this study demonstrates how public reading programs invite civic participation and promote social integration as the region becomes increasingly democratic.
The first broad survey of contemporary print culture in Latin America, this study demonstrates how public reading programs invite civic participation and promote social integration as the region becomes increasingly democratic.
Marcy Schwartz is the chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and affiliated with the Center for Latin American Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Her previous books include Writing Paris: Urban Topographies of Desire in Contemporary Latin American Fiction and Invenciones urbanas: ficción y ciudad latinoamericanas.
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* List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: City Reading: Public Space and Cultural Citizenship in Latin America * 1. Campaigning for the Capital: Bogotá and Buenos Aires as UNESCO World Book Capitals * 2. Reading on Wheels: Stories of Convivencia in Bogotá and Santiago * 3. Cacerolazos y bibliotecas: Solidarity, Reading, and Public Space after the Argentine Economic Crisis (2001–2002) * 4. Recycled Reading and the Cartonera Collectives: Publishing from the Ground Up * 5. Books That Bite: Libraries of Banned Books in Argentina * Conclusion: Stories at the Intersection * Notes * Works Cited * Index
* List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Introduction: City Reading: Public Space and Cultural Citizenship in Latin America * 1. Campaigning for the Capital: Bogotá and Buenos Aires as UNESCO World Book Capitals * 2. Reading on Wheels: Stories of Convivencia in Bogotá and Santiago * 3. Cacerolazos y bibliotecas: Solidarity, Reading, and Public Space after the Argentine Economic Crisis (2001–2002) * 4. Recycled Reading and the Cartonera Collectives: Publishing from the Ground Up * 5. Books That Bite: Libraries of Banned Books in Argentina * Conclusion: Stories at the Intersection * Notes * Works Cited * Index
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