Résumés
Abstract
The Gothenburg Book Fair is one of the most important cultural events in Scandinavia today. Since 1985, it has grown into a meeting place for book lovers, librarians, and people in the book industry. However, it has also been surrounded by scandals and controversies. Inspired by Brian Moeran’s notion of the book fair as “a tournament of values,” and Barbara Herrnstein Smith’s constructivist approach to value, this article analyzes the Gothenburg Book Fair as an arena for negotiating value. The article first discusses how the value of the Gothenburg Book Fair has been under constant negotiation since its inception, and then examines how different actors participated in consolidating the fair’s value and function at the beginning of the 2010s. Finally, it considers the intensive debate about the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2016–2017, due to the decision to allow the extreme-right newspaper Nya Tider to have a stand in the exhibition halls, which above all resulted in a renegotiation of the book fair’s social and economic value. Through this diachronic and historical perspective, the article shows how a more pronounced theoretical value perspective in relation to book fairs and literary festivals provides new knowledge about these types of literary events and their role in literary culture as a whole.
Keywords:
- The Gothenburg Book Fair,
- book fairs,
- literary festivals,
- negotiating value,
- tournament of values
Résumé
La Foire du livre de Göteborg est l’une des manifestations culturelles les plus importantes de la Scandinavie. Depuis 1985, elle est devenue un lieu de rencontre pour les amoureux du livre, les bibliothécaires et les personnes travaillant dans l’industrie du livre. Cependant, les scandales et la controverse ne l’ont pas épargnée. S’inspirant de la notion avancée par Brian Moeran, à savoir qu’une foire du livre serait « un tournoi de valeurs », et de l’approche constructiviste de Barbara Herrnstein Smith, le présent article analyse la Foire du livre de Göteborg comme une arène où se négocie la valeur. Il y est d’abord montré que la valeur de la foire n’a jamais cessé d’être négociée depuis sa création. L’article s’attarde ensuite à la participation de différents acteurs à la consolidation de la valeur et de la fonction de la foire au début des années 2010. Enfin, est examiné l’intense débat ayant entouré la tenue de la Foire du livre de Göteborg en 2016-2017, en raison de la décision autorisant le journal d’extrême droite Nya Tider à tenir un stand dans les halls d’exposition, ce qui a surtout entraîné une renégociation de la valeur sociale et économique de la foire. De manière diachronique et historique, l’article montre qu’une perspective plus axée sur la valeur théorique en matière de foires du livre et de festivals littéraires génère de nouvelles connaissances sur ces types de manifestations littéraires et sur leur rôle au sein de la culture littéraire dans son ensemble.
Mots-clés :
- Foire du livre de Göteborg,
- foires du livre,
- festivals littéraires,
- valeur de négociation,
- tournoi de valeurs
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