Download or read book Bookishness written by Jessica Pressman and published by Literature Now. This book was released on 2020 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jessica Pressman explores the rise of "bookishness" as an identity and an aesthetic strategy that proliferates from store-window décor to experimental writing. Ranging from literature to kitsch objects, stop-motion animation films to book design, she considers the multivalent meanings of books in contemporary culture.