“El mercado es como la marea”. Editoriales, editores/as y literatura juvenil en Argentina

Abstract

From the perspective of Sociology of literature, we understand that novels are not only textual productions but also material ones. To analyze them, it is necessary to attend to the mediations between a text and a book. In this article, we will focus on the publisher companies and the publishers as key actors in the literary field, in particular, in the edition of Young Adult literature. We will be interested in reconstructing the formation of Young Adult literature in the Argentinian publishing industry and characterize the ways contemporaries Young Adult novels, which circulate outside schools, are published. Also, we did in-depth interviews to publishers of this industry with the purpose of knowing their experiences and being able to analyze their profiles, the ways Young Adult literature is published and managed, and the relation between the publishing policies and the formation of a new reading public.