Balancing Cultural, Literary and Financial Capital in Trade Publishing: A Case Study of Tafelberg Publishers, South Africa.

This article is an historical analysis of the changing editorial strategy of Tafelberg, a South African publisher. It aims to shed light on the culture-commerce divide in South African publishing, the changing cultural and social impact of a publisher specialising in a minority language, and the nex...

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Publicado en:Quaerendo Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 292 - 317
Autores principales: Klingenberg, Jana, le Roux, Elizabeth
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Publicado: Brill Academic Publishers 2024
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        Afrikaans publishing
        culture vs. commerce
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