Abstract
The Bushwick Book Club (BBC) is a live book club in which invited pop musicians perform musical interpretations of a predetermined literary work in a nightclub environment. What can a typical BBC show, with its strong emphasis on popular music and performance, teach readers about the uses of literature? This case study will investigate which reading practices are at work and in what ways they challenge traditional ideas of the forms, functions, and values of reading. Another important aspect concerns how the borders between high and popular culture, and between the printed word and other media are renegotiated. Based on the findings of the case study and supporting theory, the article argues for a radically broadened conception of reading.
Recommended Citation
Persson, Magnus
(2016)
"“High Culture as Entertainment”: Hybrid Reading Practices in a Live Book Club,"
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Vol. 3:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dialogue/vol3/iss2/4
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