The New Literary Middlebrow: Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century

by Beth Driscoll

The middlebrow is a dominant cultural force in the twenty-first century. This book defines the new literary middlebrow through eight key middle class, feminized, reverential, commercial, emotional, recreational, earnest and mediated. Case studies include Oprah's Book Club, the Man Booker Prize and the Harry Potter phenomenon.

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Daphne]

Read for the same paper, honestly really well written and super informative! I wish I read Driscoll's explanation of Bourdieu more than Bourdieu himself because that man has maybe the most confusing way of writing there ever was.