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UNESCO and the Fate of the Literary

Af: Sarah Brouillette Engelsk Paperback

UNESCO and the Fate of the Literary

Af: Sarah Brouillette Engelsk Paperback
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A case study of one of the most important global institutions of cultural policy formation, UNESCO and the Fate of the Literary demonstrates the relationship between such policymaking and transformations in the economy. Focusing on UNESCO''s use of books, Sarah Brouillette identifies three phases in the agency''s history and explores the literary and cultural programming of each. In the immediate postwar period, healthy economies made possible the funding of an infrastructure in support of a liberal cosmopolitanism and the spread of capitalist democracy. In the decolonizing 1960s and ''70s, illiteracy and lack of access to literature were lamented as a "book hunger" in the developing world, and reading was touted as a universal humanizing value to argue for a more balanced communications industry and copyright regime. Most recently, literature has become instrumental in city and nation branding that drive tourism and the heritage industry. Today, the agency largely treats high literature as a commercially self-sustaining product for wealthy aging publics, and fundamental policy reform to address the uneven relations that characterize global intellectual property creation is off the table. UNESCO''s literary programming is in this way highly suggestive. A trajectory that might appear to be one of triumphant success—literary tourism and festival programming can be quite lucrative for some people—is also, under a different light, a story of decline.

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A case study of one of the most important global institutions of cultural policy formation, UNESCO and the Fate of the Literary demonstrates the relationship between such policymaking and transformations in the economy. Focusing on UNESCO''s use of books, Sarah Brouillette identifies three phases in the agency''s history and explores the literary and cultural programming of each. In the immediate postwar period, healthy economies made possible the funding of an infrastructure in support of a liberal cosmopolitanism and the spread of capitalist democracy. In the decolonizing 1960s and ''70s, illiteracy and lack of access to literature were lamented as a "book hunger" in the developing world, and reading was touted as a universal humanizing value to argue for a more balanced communications industry and copyright regime. Most recently, literature has become instrumental in city and nation branding that drive tourism and the heritage industry. Today, the agency largely treats high literature as a commercially self-sustaining product for wealthy aging publics, and fundamental policy reform to address the uneven relations that characterize global intellectual property creation is off the table. UNESCO''s literary programming is in this way highly suggestive. A trajectory that might appear to be one of triumphant success—literary tourism and festival programming can be quite lucrative for some people—is also, under a different light, a story of decline.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9781503610316
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1503610314
Kategori: Internationale institutioner
Udg. Dato: 10 sep 2019
Længde: 10mm
Bredde: 229mm
Højde: 153mm
Forlag: Stanford University Press
Oplagsdato: 10 sep 2019
Forfatter(e): Sarah Brouillette
Forfatter(e) Sarah Brouillette

Kategori Internationale institutioner

ISBN-13 9781503610316

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 192

Udgave

Længde 10mm

Bredde 229mm

Højde 153mm

Udg. Dato 10 sep 2019

Oplagsdato 10 sep 2019

Forlag Stanford University Press