Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 207 p)
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ill
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0292797362
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9780292797369
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Palestine in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Recapturing Past Reading -- Chapter 1. Literacy and Education -- Education: Phases of Development -- The Impact of Education: Profile of the "Literate" Community -- Chapter 2. Texts: Imported, Produced, Viewed -- Traditional Stocks: The Augury of Change -- Impact of the Neighborhood -- Local Production -- Texts in the Public Domain -- Chapter 3. Texts Accessed and Afforded -- Conduits of Dissemination -- Buying One's Own Book -- Accessing without Buying: Libraries, Clubs, Reading Rooms -- Accessing without Buying: Open Public Places -- Chapter 4. Individual Reading -- Individual Reading: Past Legacy -- Mutala'ah in Twentieth-Century Palestine: The Comfort of Home -- Private Reading in Public -- Chapter 5. Collective Reading -- The Old, Familiar Conduits -- Vocal Reading: Bridging across Illiteracy -- Vocal Reading: The Extra Benefit of the Collective Experience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Sources -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-200) and index
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Literacy and educationTexts : imported, produced, viewed -- Texts accessed and afforded -- Individual reading -- Collective reading.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0292705794
Additional Edition:
ISBN 029270593X
Additional Edition:
Print version Reading Palestine
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292797369
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