International Bestsellers and the Online Reconfiguring of National Identity |
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| Author:
| Noorda, Rachel
Weber, Millicent
Bold, Melanie Ramdarshan |
| Series title: | Elements in Publishing and Book Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-10438-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2024 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | AUD $270.00 |
Book Description:
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This Element explores how contemporary readers' understandings of nation, race/ethnicity, gender, and class continue to shape their reading, using as case studies the online reception of three bestseller titles-Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies (Australia), Zadie Smith's NW (UK), and Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (USA).
This Element explores how contemporary readers' understandings of nation, race/ethnicity, gender, and class continue to shape their reading, using as case studies the online reception of three bestseller titles-Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies (Australia), Zadie Smith's NW (UK), and Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians (USA).