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Author:   Helen Cousins ,  Jenni Ramone
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781409401339

ISBN 10:   1409401332
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: on readers and reading, Jenni Ramone and Helen Cousins; Part 1 The Richard & Judy Book Club Readers: Suspicious minds: Richard & Judy's Book Club and its resistant readers, Danielle Fuller and DeNel Rehberg Sedo; Entertainment media, risk and the experience commodity, Nickianne Moody; Different spaces, same old stories? On being a reader in the Richard & Judy Book Club, Alex Kendall and Julian McDougall; Richard and Judy behind bars, Jenny Hartley. Part 2 Reading the Richard & Judy Book Club Selections: You can't judge a book by its coverage: the body that writes and the television book club, Kerry Myler; 'Not the normal kind of chicklit'? Richard & Judy and the feminised middlebrow, Beth Driscoll; The roles of the storytellers: Richard and Judy read The Jane Austen Book Club, Jenni Ramone; A good authentic read: exoticism in the postcolonial novels of the Richard & Judy Book Club, Helen Cousins; The delicious side of the story: culinary writing, cultural contexts and the club, Lorna Piatti-Farnell. Part 3 After The Richard & Judy Book Club: 'What really counts is the story': interview with Andrew Smith, author of Moondust (February 10, 2010), Jenni Ramone; Ten of thousands: the TV book club, Helen Cousins; Appendix; Index.

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Jenni Ramone and Helen Cousins are both senior lecturers in English at Newman University College, UK. Jenni Ramone, Helen Cousins, Danielle Fuller, DeNel Rehberg Sedo, Nickianne Moody, Alex Kendall, Julian McDougall, Jenny Hartley, Kerry Myler, Beth Driscoll, Lorna Piatti-Farnell, Andrew Smith.

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