TAN: Best sellers

[john at research.haifa.ac.il]

I have the feeling that there are MORE working-class intellectual males in the
US than in England--there's less of a stigma regarding the implications for
one's masculinity in the US. That was my point.
John



Quoting Tim Thornes <tthornes at uca.edu>:

> For the record, I have known plenty of working-class intellectuals,
> *even* here in the U.S.  T
>
> >>>  12/11/11 4:25 PM >>>
> This is getting even more off topic (if that's possible), but if you
> think that
> intellectual pursuits aren't stigmatized in England, you haven't met too
> many
> working-class Englishmen. They think any intellectual male must be gay.
> John
>
>
>
> Quoting Daniel Riaסo :
>
> > Yes, the remark was done tongue-in-cheek, but the fact that a book
> with the
> > word "grammar" (correctly spelled) in the cover (and even with the air
> of a
> > Routledge actual grammar) hits the best-selling list is noteworthy per
> se.
> > A very encomiastic review
> >
> here
> > .
> >
> > 2011/12/11 Darin Len Arrick
> >
> > > The book is fiction, but has what is normally considered a
> non-fiction
> > > title. It's not actually a grammar of Finnish.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Darin Arrick
> > > The University of Arizona
> > > Undergraduate Class of 2012
> > > Major: Linguistics, Minor: Philosophy
> > > Member, UofA Honors College
> > > darrick at email.arizona.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Mark Line  wrote:
> > > > Probably.
> > > >
> > > > But that's England, after all, where intellectual pursuits, even
> > > avocational ones, are not stigmatized. The 10th best-selling book is
> > > _Quantum Universe_ according to that same list.
> > > >
> > > > By comparison, this week's bestsellers in USA Today (a.k.a. The
> Purveyor
> > > of American Culture) are mostly youth pulp, as nearly as I can tell.
> I'm
> > > sure they're popular among most adult Americans since they're likely
> > > Flesch-tested to 6th grade or so.
> > > >
> > > > Isaacson's bio of Steve Jobs is #5 -- something you can leave
> lying
> > > around on your coffee table while you're showing off your new iPhone
> 4S
> > > (and its dead battery).
> > > >
> > > > Still, I guess I might want to hire Diego Marani's
> publicist.........
> > > >
> > > > -- Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Dec 11, 2011, at 14:56 , Daniel Riaסo wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> According to The Guardian's This Week
> > > >> Bestsellers,
> > > >> Diego Marani's "New Finnish Grammar" is this week 3rd best
> selling book
> > > in
> > > >> England. This is something of a record, isn't it?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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