Books clubs : women and the uses of reading in everything life / Elizabeth Long

By:

LONG, Elizabeth

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2003.Description: xx, 254p. : ill. ; 22cmISBN:

978-0-226-49262-9

Subject(s):

Book clubs (Discussion groups) United States Case studies, Women Books and reading United States Case studies, Reading Social aspects United States Case studies

DDC classification:

22nd ed 028.90973 LON

Summary: Why do women join book clubs? What do the women discuss when they meet? to answer questions like these, Long spent years observing and participating in women's book clubs in the Houston area. She discovered that members find reading a crucial way for them to reflect on their lives.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Library Science	028.90973 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005037
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Library Science	028.90973 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00005038
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Library Science	028.90973 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00006506

Includes bibliography and index

Why do women join book clubs? What do the women discuss when they meet? to answer questions like these, Long spent years observing and participating in women's book clubs in the Houston area. She discovered that members find reading a crucial way for them to reflect on their lives.

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