ISBN |
9781501307324 (paperback) |
Name |
Pyne, Lydia V. author. |
Title |
Bookshelf / Lydia Pyne. |
Published |
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016. |
New York Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2016. |
Description |
pages cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
-- Introduction. What's in a Name? -- Chapter 1. Bookshelves in Chains: From Medieval Libraries to the Kindle and Back Again -- Chapter 2. DIY: Particle Boards, The Maker Movement, and IKEA's Allen Wrench -- Chapter 3. Books and Not-Books on Display -- Chapter 4. Mobile Shelves -- Chapter 5. The Perfect Prop -- Chapter 6. The Life Cycle of a Bookshelf -- Conclusion. #Shelfie -- Index. |
Summary |
"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. You might think that its name says it all. A bookshelf is just that - a shelf for books. It's the stuff of libraries, offices, and the bane of movers' existence. But every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. Bookshelf takes an almost meta-approach to the object studies aim of Object Lessons: exploring the stacks as well as our bedside tables, writer and historian Lydia Pyne unpacks not just the material parts but the secret lives of bookshelves. Pyne finds bookshelves to be holders not just of books but of so many other things: values, vibes, and verbs that can be contained and displayed in the buildings and rooms of contemporary human existence. With a shrewd eye toward this particular moment in the history of books, Pyne takes the reader on a tour of the bookshelf that leads critically to this juncture: amid rumors of the death of book culture, why is the life of bookshelf in full bloom?Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic"-- |
"Shows that, whether in the library, office, or home, the bookshelf is where and how we create categories to sort knowledge and experience and that every bookshelf tells a different story"-- |
Subjects |
Shelving for books |
Libraries |
Books |
Shelving (Furniture) |
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory |
PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General |
Web Link |
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