The Politics of Printing and Knowledge Production in Latin America and the Caribbean

Bibliographic Data

ID11281981
AuthorsDaniela Samur (0009-0006-8639-6334, Cornell University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume47
Issue2
Pages278-287
Publication date2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueItinerario (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-1153 • E-ISSN: 2041-2827
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0165115323000037
OpenAlexW4376115649
LanguageEN
References cited16

In this review essay I examine how recent books about print culture and knowledge production in Latin America and the Caribbean have addressed the relationship between printing and power, and in doing so have contributed to global discussions about the hierarchies of knowledge production. The study of print culture in a broader social framework shows how printed materials matter beyond the realm of culture. I explore how these new works have understood printing as political and have unravelled its contentious politics; how they have grappled with the global circulation and mobility of printers, prints, and paper; and how they have examined the relation between printing, reading, and writing and the production of urban space

Aesthetics · Art · Circulation (fluid dynamics · Economics · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Latin Americans · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Print culture · Production (economics · Reading (process · Realm · Relation (database · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Computer Science · Engineering · History · Law

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