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BL
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855996
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Riley, Catherine E.
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| Title & Author
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The Virago story : : assessing the impact of a feminist publishing phenomenon /\ Catherine E. Riley.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Berghahn Books,, 2018.
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| Series Statement
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Protest, culture and society ;; volume 23
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1785338099
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: 1785338552
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: 9781785338090
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: 9781785338557
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9781785338083
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"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"--
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Virago Press-- History.
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Book industries and trade-- England-- London-- History.
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Feminist literature-- Publishing-- England-- London-- History.
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Publishers and publishing-- England-- London-- History.
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Women in the book industries and trade-- England-- London-- History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Industries-- General.
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Feminism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
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Women authors, English.
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Women publishers.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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070.509421
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| LC Classification
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Z325.V57
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