An Anthropological Analysis of Book Fairs

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dc.contributor.author	Moeran, Brian
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-18
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-18T08:44:01Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-18T08:44:01Z
dc.date.issued	2009-05-18T08:44:01Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7795
dc.description.abstract	This working paper examines the role of international book fairs in the global publishing industry, and in particular their relation to the publishing cycle, chain and field. It outlines some relevant historical features, as well as main functions, of fairs, before describing in detail the daily activities of an independent academic publisher at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Analysis of the book fair takes place at two levels. The first focuses on the importance of visibility in a fair’s timing and location, as well as in the location and size of participants’ stands, inclusion in the fair catalogue, business deals, and social gatherings. The second examines the book fair as a tournament of values, or ritual tournament, in terms of its framing, membership and currency. The argument presented is that the currency of copyright is not dissimilar to a form of gift exchange and that, as a result, a book is both commodity and gift. It is in the shadow of the gift that the commodity of the book is produced, distributed, sold and read.	en_US
dc.format.extent	25 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Creative Encounters Working Paper;25
dc.title	An Anthropological Analysis of Book Fairs	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt09maj18 nijemo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Interkulturel Kommunikation og Ledelse	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	IKL	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Intercultural Communication and Management	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	IKL	en_US
dc.idnumber	x656597320	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2009	en_US