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The Virago story : assessing the impact of a feminist publishing phenomenon

Riley, Catherine E., author

Overview

\"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.

• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• 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.
• ISBN: 9781785338083, 9781785338557

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
Z325.V57 R55 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE