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Bourdieu, Pierre. 2008. A conservative revolution in publishing. Translation Studies 1 (2) : 123–153.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Edition info
This essay by Pierre Bourdieu was originally published in 1999 as #Une révolution conservatrice dans l'édition# in #Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales# 126-127: 2-28. The translation appears by kind permission of Jerme Bourdieu.

Abstract

This work is based on bibliographical research and statistics gathered from archives and publishing houses by Paul Dirkx; on thirty-eight extensive (and sometimes repeated) interviews with publishers and series editors in every sector of the field as well as with translators, critics, administrative agents, press attachés, and foreign rights managers carried out by Pierre Bourdieu, Rosine Christin, Paul Dirkx, Saliha Felahi, Claire Givry, Isabelle Kalinowski. Statistical data were prepared and overseen by Rosine Christin. Interviews and transcriptions were financed by the research institute France-Loisirs de la lecture.
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