Taming the Mob: the Early Public Library and the Creation of Good Citizens

Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research

Natasha Gerolami^1¹ 

[1] Huntington University^1

关键词: philosophy of libraries;    philosophy of libraries;    Gilles Deleuze;    Gilles Deleuze;    discourse analysis;    discourse analysis;    history of public libraries;    history of public libraries;    disciplinary society;    disciplinary society;   

DOI  :  10.21083/partnership.v13i1.3985

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: The Partnership. Provincial and Territorial Library Association of Canad

【 摘 要 】

The article examines the principles upon which the public library operated in the 19th and early 20th Century. Gilles Deleuze’s philosophic work on the disciplinary and control societies is used as a theoretical framework to highlight the forms of governance that have been used in the last couple centuries. A discourse analysis is conducted of sample articles from the first forty years of the Library Journal. The article documents how librarians played a role in normalizing patron behaviour by associating the concept of the good citizen with a series of practices, including reading, abstention from the consumption of alcohol, homogeneity, order, acceptance of class status, and self-reliance.

【 授权许可】

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