{"product_id":"the-ethnography-of-reading-paperback","title":"The Ethnography of Reading - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Boyarin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting, the subject of much innovative scholarship in recent years, is only half of what we call literacy. The other half, reading, now finally receives its due in these groundbreaking essays by a distinguished group of anthropologists and literary scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays move well beyond the simple rubric of \"literacy\" in its traditional sense of evolutionary advancement from oral to written communication. Some investigate reading in exotically cross-cultural contexts. Some analyze the long historical transformation of reading in the West from a collective, oral practice to the private, silent one it is today, while others demonstrate that in certain Western contexts reading is still very much a social activity. The reading situations described here range from Anglo-Saxon England to contemporary Indonesia, from ancient Israel to a Kashaya Pomo Indian reservation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with insights that erase the line between orality and textuality, this collection will attract a broad readership in anthropology, literature, history, and philosophy, as well as in religious, gender, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA very satisfying, diverse treatment of a topic that has been ignored because it has been hard to treat.George E. Marcus, Rice University\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA very satisfying, diverse treatment of a topic that has been ignored because it has been hard to treat.--George E. Marcus, Rice University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Boyarin\u003c\/b\u003e is Visiting Scholar at the Center for Studies of Social Change, New School for Social Research. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eStorm from Paradise: The Politics of Jewish Memory\u003c\/i\u003e (1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 285\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.97 x 6.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424635707494,"sku":"9780520081338","price":64.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bm0rNWtZS3JDWDdIaUQxSkJrbUt1UT09.webp?v=1775599267","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-ethnography-of-reading-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}