De-Centring the History of Reading by Michael Wögerbauer (.ePUB)+
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De-Centring the History of Reading by Michael Wögerbauer, Claire Madl, Jiřina Šmejkalová (New Directions in Book History)
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Overview: A case-study approach highlights the diversity of reading practices across social groups, linguistic communities, and institutional settings. Particular attention is given to the interplay between cultural policies and movements—education, censorship, nation-building—and everyday reading. Under conditions of limited access and shifting hierarchies, reading emerges as a practice of negotiation, appropriation, social engagement and participation.
The text offers fresh perspectives on the formation of modern reading cultures and will interest scholars of book history, literary and cultural studies, and the social life of texts.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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