Cultural Production and Reception

Grouped into three sections focusing on books and reading, cinema and music, these texts examine both the processes of cultural production relating to books, cinema and music, and the perspective of reception in its various contexts. Within this collection of works, we find investigations that draw equally on still-emerging fields of research (children’s literature), unique theoretical developments, and thematic and historical syntheses that are as precise as they are rich in heuristic questions. This collection makes a useful and often well-documented contribution to the study and understanding of under-researched areas (in this case, books and reading in Algeria) and contributes to both methodological and theoretical reflection on reception and audiences. It enriches the body of research on cultural production and promotes a diachronic perspective on it. Let us hope that it will appeal to dedicated researchers and curious readers alike.