Graduation Date
Spring 2020
Document Type
Project
Program
Master of Arts degree with a major in English, emphasis in Applied English Studies
Committee Chair Name
Dr. Janelle Adsit
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Second Committee Member Name
Dr. Christina Accomando
Second Committee Member Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Publishing industry, Publishing textbook, Literary editorial courses, Creative writing, Creative writing programs, Inclusive creative writing, Literary representation, #RepresentationMatters, #Ownvoices, #DignidadLiteraria, Race and creative writing, Diversity in publishing, Equity in publishing, Book production, Book marketing
Subject Categories
English
Abstract
This project contains an overview and key introductory sections of an intersectional, equity-based literary publishing course textbook. The full-length edited collection, currently under external review for publication, seeks to rectify long-held disparities of the publishing industry in regard to hiring, acquisitions, developmental editing, and considerations in audience, readerships, and marketing. Each chapter examines the ways that racism, ableism, heterosexism, and cisnormativity, operate in the industry, limiting who is represented at an editor’s desk and in the pages of published books. The collection is intended to be utilized in upper-division and graduate-level literary publishing courses. This project is a response to the issues identified in the Lee & Low Diversity in Publishing study, the VIDA Count, and social media hashtags like #representationmatters and #ownvoices. This project documents my experience curating a collection that will be subsequently published for the university textbook market. The project reflects on my editorial practice, as I sought to apply the intersectional, equity-based approach that the textbook advocates. What follows is a reflective introduction that covers my thinking and learning over the course of my research and editorial processes; an overview of some essential concepts and theoretical orientations from critical race, gender, and sexuality studies that are necessary for understanding the contents of the full-length volume; the student/general reader and instructors’ introductions to the text which further illuminate the relevance of the issues contained; and an alphabetized bibliography of the selected essays that will be contained in the textbook.
Citation Style
MLA
Recommended Citation
Lepphaille, Hallie R., "(In)Equities in the publishing industry: the politics of representation" (2020). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 362.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/362
Included in
American Literature Commons, Creative Writing Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons