Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain : A Nation of Makers
- Submitting institution
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University of York
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 66212896
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- ISBN
- 9781501349614
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- May
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This interdisciplinary volume (15 chapters, 74 illustrations, 8 in colour) includes UK and international scholars from literary studies, history, history of art, as well as museum curators. The collection defines and establishes the concept of 'material literacy' and was published in the Bloomsbury series, Material Culture of Art and Design. Working with Serena Dyer, her co-editor in the field of history, Smith wrote the proposal for, commissioned and edited the chapters and wrote the introduction. She was also responsible for further expanding the representation of literary studies, by bringing on board four additional contributions from literary scholars. The volume introduces a new concept to eighteenth-century studies and so required rigorous editorial input from Smith in order to ensure overall coherency and that individual contributors developed ‘material literacy’ consistently, despite their varied methodologies (including practiced-based research). Smith contributed her own interdisciplinary chapter on material literacy, print culture and women's crafts (pp. 51-66).
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- Non-English
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