SHARP: Communications

Virtual presence for attendees and those interested in the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing. Books on sale, University of Minnesota Press information, and more.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS: 40% OFF BOOKS

All books below are 40% off using code MN89390. Code expires September 15, 2022. 

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DIGITAL CULTURE    //     LIBRARY SCIENCE     //    EDUCATION    //    COMMERCE

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY    //     RACE     //    LITERATURE     //    LITERARY CRITICISM

COMMUNICATIONS    //    DEBATES IN THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES SERIES

LAW AND LITERATURE    //    SOCIAL JUSTICE

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A Theory of Assembly: From Museums to Memes A Theory of Assembly From Museums to Memes Kyle Parry 2022 Fall
A vital reckoning with how we understand the basic categories of cultural expression in the digital era
Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms Take My Word for It A Dictionary of English Idioms Anatoly Liberman 2022 Fall
Three centuries of English idioms—their unusual origins and unexpected interpretations
Isherwood on Writing: The Complete Lectures in California Isherwood on Writing The Complete Lectures in California Christopher Isherwood James J. Berg, Editor 2022 Fall
Isherwood’s lectures on writing and writers, now all available for the first time
Internet Daemons: Digital Communications Possessed Internet Daemons Digital Communications Possessed Fenwick McKelvey 2018 Fall
A complete history and theory of internet daemons brings these little-known—but very consequential—programs into the spotlight
Anti-Book: On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing Anti-Book On the Art and Politics of Radical Publishing Nicholas Thoburn 2016 Fall
A major new look at experimental political writing and publishing
Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction Speculative Blackness The Future of Race in Science Fiction André M. Carrington 2016 Spring
Examines race through fanzines, Star Trek, comic books, and Harry Potter
Computing as Writing Computing as Writing Daniel Punday 2015 Fall
If we consider e-book authors to be writers, should we think of e-book programmers as writers, too?
Improper Names: Collective Pseudonyms from the Luddites to Anonymous Improper Names Collective Pseudonyms from the Luddites to Anonymous Marco Deseriis 2015 Fall
The first comprehensive analysis of the shared pseudonym, a collective strategy to build symbolic power that challenges established forms of political and aesthetic representation
Comparative Textual Media: Transforming the Humanities in the Postprint Era Comparative Textual Media Transforming the Humanities in the Postprint Era N. Katherine Hayles and Jessica Pressman, Editors 2013 Fall
Proposes a new paradigm for the humanities by recognizing print as a medium within a comparative context
Noise Channels: Glitch and Error in Digital Culture Noise Channels Glitch and Error in Digital Culture Peter Krapp 2011 Fall
Brings to light the critical role of noise and error in the creative potential of digital culture
Vilém Flusser: An Introduction Vilém Flusser An Introduction Anke Finger, Rainer Guldin and Gustavo Bernardo 2011 Spring
The first introduction to a key thinker in twentieth-century media philosophy and cultural theory
Into the Universe of Technical Images Into the Universe of Technical Images Vilém Flusser 2011 Spring
An examination of the promise and peril of digital communication technologies
Does Writing Have a Future? Does Writing Have a Future? Vilém Flusser 2011 Spring
A prescient exploration of the fate of the book in the digital age
From A to <A>: Keywords of Markup From A to <A> Keywords of Markup Bradley Dilger and Jeff Rice, Editors 2010 Fall
Essays exploring the role of markup in contemporary discourse
Electronic Elsewheres: Media, Technology, and the Experience of Social Space Electronic Elsewheres Media, Technology, and the Experience of Social Space Chris Berry, Soyoung Kim and Lynn Spigel, Editors 2009 Fall
Considers how different world populations experience a sense of place through media
The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England The Networked Wilderness Communicating in Early New England Matt Cohen 2009 Fall
Significantly broadens our ideas of literacy, writing, and communication in early America
OurSpace: Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture OurSpace Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture Christine Harold 2009 Spring
Culture jamming is so twentieth century! What’s next?
Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools Small Tech The Culture of Digital Tools Byron Hawk, David M. Rieder and Ollie Oviedo, Editors 2007 Fall
Experts examine the ways digital tools affect social and cultural experience
Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Freedom of Expression® Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Kembrew McLeod 2007 Spring
Winner of the American Library Association’s Oboler Award for best scholarship in the area of intellectual freedom
Writings Writings Vilém Flusser Andreas Ströhl, Editor 2004 Fall
Key writings from one of Europe’s most provocative theorists
Image Ethics in the Digital Age Image Ethics in the Digital Age Larry Gross, John Stuart Katz and Jay Ruby, Editors 2003 Fall
From Photoshop to CNN, confronting the moral, legal, and professional dilemmas posed by digital technologies
The Invention of Communication The Invention of Communication Armand Mattelart 1996 Fall
A fascinating tour of all of the ways we have thought about communication, now and in the past.