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Author:

Schwartz, Marcy E., 1958- author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98053251

Title:

Public pages : reading along the Latin American streetscape / Marcy Schwartz.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Literacy programs--Latin America.
Literacy--Latin America.
Reading--Social aspects--Latin America.
Literature and society--Latin America.
City and town life--Latin America.
Public spaces--Latin America.
City and town life.
Literacy.
Literacy programs.
Literature and society.
Public spaces.
Reading--Social aspects.
Latin America.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-282) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : city reading: public space and cultural -- Citizenship in Latin America -- Campaigning for the capital : Bogotá and Buenos Aires as UNESCO world book capitals -- Reading on wheels : stories of convivencia in Bogotá and Santiago -- Cacerolazos y bibliotecas : solidarity, reading, and public space after the Argentine economic crisis (2001-2002) -- Recycled reading and the cartonera collectives : publishing from the ground up -- Books that bite : libraries of banned books in Argentina -- Conclusion : stories at the intersection.

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

ISBN:

1477315187
9781477315187
1477315179
9781477315170

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002302763

LCCN:

2017036470

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)