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Podcast: New Books in Italian Studies
Episode: Phillipa Chong, âInside the Criticsâ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Timesâ (Princeton UP, 2020)
Description: How does the world of book reviews work? In Inside the Criticsâ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times (Princeton University Press, 2020), Phillipa Chong, assistant professor in sociology at McMaster University, provides a unique sociological analysis of how critics confront the different types of uncertainty associated with their practice. The book explores how reviewers get matched to books, the ethics and etiquette of negative reviews and âpunching upâ, along with professional identities and the future of criticism. The book is packed with interview material, coupled with accessible and easy to follow theoretical interventions, creating a text that will be of intere...