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"Approaches to the History of Written Culture is a volume of breadth and ambition. It covers all periods from the second millennium BC to the late twentieth-century, a wide range of geographies, and deploys a challenging body of theoretical and methodological approaches to the topic of scribal cultures and practices." — David Vincent, Emeritus Professor of Social History, The Open University, UK This book investigates the history of writing as a cultural practice in a variety of contexts and periods. It analyses the rituals and practices determining intimate or ‘ordinary’ writing as well as bureaucratic and religious writing. From the inscribed images of ‘pre-literate’ societies, to the democratization of writing in the modern era, access to writing technology and its public and private uses are examined. In ten studies, presented by leading historians of scribal culture from seven countries, the book investigates the uses of writing in non-alphabetical as well as alphabetical script, in societies ranging from Native America and ancient Korea to modern Europe. The authors emphasise the material characteristics of writing, and in so doing they pose questions about the definition of writing itself. Drawing on expertise in various disciplines, they give an up-to-date account of the current state of knowledge in a field at the forefront of ‘Book History’.

Book history --- reading culture

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This book, edited by Matthew Rosen, is part of the Studies in Literary Anthropology series and explores the ethnography of reading, examining how reading practices intersect with cultural, social, and anthropological themes. It showcases a collection of essays that delve into various global contexts, such as reading practices of middle-class adolescent girls in Singapore, Brazilian Black activists, and informal schools in South Korea. The book aims to shed light on how reading functions as a cultural and self-making activity across different societies. It is intended for scholars and students in anthropology, literary studies, and related fields who are interested in the cultural dimensions of reading and writing.

Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- etnologie --- etnografie --- Reading. --- Anthropology. --- Reading --- Anthropology

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Bundel wetenschappelijke artikelen (deels Engelstalig) over het belang van lezen en hoe lezen kan worden toegepast in onderwijs en opvoeding. Bundel wetenschappelijke artikelen (deels Engelstalig) over het belang van lezen en hoe lezen kan worden toegepast in onderwijs en opvoeding. Voor vakcollecties jeugdliteratuur.

Didactics of Dutch --- wetenschappelijk onderzoek --- lezen --- Books and reading. --- Youth --- Books and reading --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Sociology of literature

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‘This volume is both original and useful. Whilst each of the essays in and of itself offers new research, the volume taken as a whole is a substantial contribution to book, image, and media history. It deliberately disrupts the idea of a unified field, demonstrating how both books and prints (sometimes combined within the same volume) act as agents between cultures.‘ — Kate Flint, Provost Professor of Art History and English, University of Southern California, USA ‘Rather than ask the old questions, ‘what is a book’ or ‘what is a print’, Stead and her collaborators want to know: what has been the use of this text-bearing object? What does it do? Applying those queries to all manner of media – made, found, used, and re-purposed – this new approach dissolves (and complicates) the distinction between the material and textual aspects of what we read, and encourages methodologies that cross the boundaries of discipline.’ — Leslie Howsam, Emerita Distinguished University Professor, University of Windsor, Canada This book contributes significantly to book, image and media studies from an interdisciplinary, comparative point of view. Its broad perspective spans medieval manuscripts to e-readers. Inventive methodology offers numerous insights into visual, manuscript and print culture: material objects relate to meaning and reading processes; images and texts are examined in varied associations; the symbolic, representational and cultural agency of books and prints is brought forward. An introduction substantiates methods and approaches, ten chapters follow along media lines: from manuscripts to prints, printed books, and e-readers. Eleven contributors from six countries challenge the idea of a unified field, revealing the role of books and prints in transformation and circulation between varying cultural trends, ‘high’ and ‘low’. Mostly Europe-based, the collection offers book and print professionals, academics and graduates, models for future research, imaginatively combining material culture with archival data, cultural and reading theories with historical patterns.

Book history --- History of Europe --- reading culture

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Reading --- Reading. --- Study and teaching --- Language arts --- Elocution --- Educational sciences --- Illinois --- Illinois [state]