The Republic of Letters: Working Class Writing and Local Publishing - Softcover

New City Community Press

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981956033 ISBN 13: 9780981956039

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Republic of Letters examines how in recent years, working class people, particularly women and black people, have begun to develop new forms of writing, new modes of local, collective publishing, alternative distribution networks-the elements of a movement which aims to ędisestablish' literature, making writing a popular form of expression, not the preserve of a privileged metropolitan elite. Many of the people involved in these projects have, since 1976, been working together in the Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers.

This book explores the central issues in this field of cultural politics, where the very words-locality, literature, community, culture-are the sites of tension and conflict, but are also, increasingly, the sites of breakthroughs for new forms of communication.

About this title

About the Author

Ken Worpole is the author of a number of influential studies of the contemporary urban public realm and other aspects of urban policy. His books include "Towns for People" (1993), "Libraries in a World of Cultural Change" (1995)," People, Parks and Cities" (1996), and, most recently, "Here Comes the Sun: Architecture and Public Space in Twentieth Century European Culture" (Reaktion, 2001). He is married to Larraine Worpole, photographer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0981956033
• ISBN 13: 9780981956039
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 271