Ampersand is an independent press dedicated to the discovery and publication of fundamental works in the field of social history of written culture, visual communication, and fashion. Our mission is to make available to Spanish readers the most representative works of foreign authors such as Martyn Lyons, Guglielmo Cavallo, Valerie Steele, Michael Baxandall. Additionally, we publish prestigious works by Argentinian researchers, such as Libros, lectores y sociabilidades de lectura, by Javier Planas, and Fantasmas del saber, by Noé Jitrik. Ampersand’s offices include a library specialized in written culture and a space dedicated to reading workshops.
Founded:
2012Distribution:
Galerna en la Argentina, Canoa en España, Heraldos Negros en Perú, Librería Bonilla en México.Main authors
Noé Jitrik
José Emilio Burucúa
Daniel Link
Guglielmo Cavallo
Martyn Lyons
Jean-Yves Mollier
Valerie Steele
Most sold titles in past year
Libros más vendidos en el último año:
Historia de las bibliotecas, de Frédéric Barbier
El arte de describir, de Svetlana Alpers
La otra cara de Jano, de José Luis de Diego
Featured titles
Title: Escribir, leer, conservar. Tipologías y prácticas de lo escrito, de la Antigüedad al Medioevo (Write, read, converse. Classification and practices of the written, from Antiquity to the Medieval)
Author: Guglielmo Cavallo
Excesos lectores, ascetismos iconográficos (Reader excesses, iconographic austerity)
Author: José Emilio Burucúa
Prensa, política y cultura visual. El Mosquito (Buenos Aires, 1863-1893) (Press, politics, and visual culture. El Mosquito ((Buenos Aires, 1863-1893))
Author: Susan R. Hallstead y Regina A. Root (comps.)
Pasado de moda. Expresiones culturales y consumo en la Argentina (Out of fashion. Cultural expressions and consumerism in Argentina)
Author: Susan R. Hallstead y Regina A. Root (comps.)
