Table of Contents

Introduction: HOW TO READ HOME CULTURES THROUGH BOOKS?; ; PART I: HISTORIES; ; Chapter 1: IMMIGRANTS BEING AT HOME IN LIBRARIES. HOW THE IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT THEIR HOME TO THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ; ; Chapter 2: LITERACY, ABC BOOKS AND PRIMARY READERS IN FINNISH IMMIGRANT HOMES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE U.S. ; ; Chapter 3: "A PARADE OF HOME." REPRESENTATIONS OF HOME IN GREEK AMERICAN COMMUNITY ALBUMS; ; PART II: TRANSFORMATION; ; Chapter 4: BOOKS AND THE CREATION OF THE MIDDLE-CLASS HOME IN AMERICAN NINETEENTH-CENTURY DOMESTIC FICTION; ; Chapter 5: SIMULATING DOMESTIC SPACE IN 1990S TECHNOCULTURE: TIMOTHY LEARY’S VIRTUAL HOME LIBRARY; ; Chapter 6: BOOKSHELVES CREATE A COZY ATMOSPHERE: AFFECTIVE AN EMOTIONAL MATERIALITY IN BOOKREADING PRACTICES; ; PART III: L’ENVOI; ; Chapter 7: WRITING HOME CULTURES THROUGH BOOKS AT THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC; Patience and Fortitude in the First Person ; My Library as a Second Home ; Touching the Books ; My Bookcase, My Anchor; or Some Reflections on My (Zoom) Background; What We Lose When We Work From Home ; Listening to Books through Lockdown ;

About the Author

Kirsti Salmi-Niklander is a Senior Lecturer in Folklore Studies in the Department of Cultures at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Marija Dalbello is a Professor of Information Studies in the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, USA.