Lehrende/r: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Corinna Norrick-Rühl
Veranstaltungsart: Übung
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Ü American Book Hist
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -
Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches: All students capable of following and participating in an English-language course are welcome. American Book History I is NOT a prerequisite to attending American Book History II!
Inhalt: This course will focus on American book history from 1900 to 2010. We will begin by looking at the institutionalization/professionalization of the book market around the turn of the century (1900) with central institutions such as the American Booksellers Association, the American Publishers Association, the Association of American Publishers and the trade magazine Publishers Weekly. After that, we will trace relevant developments on the USA book market from the early 20th century to today, discussing the success of paperbacks, important publishing houses and their profiles, etc. Finally, we will analyze the structure of today’s American book market, especially in view of the concentration of the publishing industry and book market (e.g. the big bookstore chains such as Barnes & Noble and Borders), but also with an eye on the success of the e-book and similar devices in the USA (e.g. Amazon Kindle or Apple iPad).
Empfohlene Literatur: Casper, Scott E., Joanne D. Chaison, and Jeffrey D. Groves (ed.): Perspectives on American Book History. Artifacts and Commentary. Amherst: Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 2002. Kastele, Carl F. (ed.): Print in Motion. The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880 - 1940 (A History of the Book in America 4). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2009. Nord, David Paul (ed.): The Enduring Book. Print culture in Postwar America (A History of the Book in America 5). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2009. Publishers' Weekly: the International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling. New York: Red 1873 - . Full text available (on campus or via VPN): Jan 1997 - . http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?db=buh&jid=%22PWK%22&scope=site. - Current news at www.publishersweekly.com.
Zusätzliche Informationen: A reader and syllabus will be available on ReaderPlus approximately one month prior to the beginning of the winter semester. Students are expected to give a short presentation in English and write a short essay (five pages) on their presentation topic or a similar topic. Please feel free to contact me (norrick@uni-mainz.de) in the case of any questions or concerns.
