Underdevelopment and African Literature - Couverture souple

Brouillette, Sarah

 
9781108713788: Underdevelopment and African Literature
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1108713785 ISBN 13 : 9781108713788
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

People looking for works in cities are immersed in English as the lingua franca of the mobile phone and the urban hustle – more effective instigations to reading than decades of work by traditional publishers and development agencies. The legal publishing industry campaigns to convince people to scorn pirates and plagiarists as a criminal underclass, and to instead purchase copyrighted, barcoded works that have the look of legitimacy about them. They work with development industry officials to 'foster literacy' – meaning to grow the legal book trade as a contributor to national economic health, and police what and how the newly literate read. But harried cash-strapped audiences will read what and how they can, often outside of formal economies, and are increasingly turning to mobile phone platforms that sell texts at a fraction of the price of legally printed books.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108713785
ISBN 13 
9781108713788
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
82
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Avery
https://www.avery.fr/

chemin des peupliers 27
Dardilly
France