1st Edition
Reading Home Cultures Through Books
Introduction: HOW TO READ HOME CULTURES THROUGH BOOKS?
Marija Dalbello and Kirsti Salmi-Niklander
PART I: HISTORIES
Chapter 1: IMMIGRANTS BEING AT HOME IN LIBRARIES. HOW THE IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT THEIR HOME TO THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Marija Dalbello
Chapter 2: LITERACY, ABC BOOKS AND PRIMARY READERS IN FINNISH IMMIGRANT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S.
Kirsti Salmi-Niklander
Chapter 3: "A PARADE OF HOME." REPRESENTATIONS OF HOME IN GREEK AMERICAN COMMUNITY ALBUMS
Maria Kaliambou
PART II: TRANSFORMATION
Chapter 4: BOOKS AND THE CREATION OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS HOME IN AMERICAN NINETEENTH-CENTURY DOMESTIC FICTION
Johanna McElwee
Chapter 5: SIMULATING DOMESTIC SPACE IN 1990S TECHNOCULTURE: TIMOTHY LEARY’S VIRTUAL HOME LIBRARY
James A Hodges
Chapter 6: BOOKSHELVES CREATE A COZY ATMOSPHERE: AFFECTIVE AN EMOTIONAL MATERIALITY IN BOOKREADING PRACTICES
Anna Kajander
PART III: L’ENVOI
Chapter 7: WRITING HOME CULTURES THROUGH BOOKS IN THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC
Patience and Fortitude in the First Person (Marija Dalbello)
My Library as a Second Home (Kirsti Salmi-Niklander)
Touching the Books (Maria Kaliambou)
My Bookcase, My Anchor; or Some Reflections on My (Zoom) Background (Johanna McElwee)
What We Lose When We Work From Home (James A. Hodges)
Listening to Books through Lockdown (Anna Kajander)
Biography
Kirsti Salmi-Niklander is a Senior Lecturer in Folklore Studies in the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Marija Dalbello is a Professor of Information Studies in the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA.
