Literacy

Literacy

Author: Deborah Keller-Cohen

Publisher: Hampton Press (NJ)

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13:

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What is literacy, how have the technologies of literacy evolved and with what results, and what are the consequences of literacy for the individual and society across time and space? This volume contains a collection of 19 essays discussing these concerns in literacy studies.


The materiality of reading

The materiality of reading

Author: Theresa Schilhab

Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag

Published: 2020-09-24

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 8772193581

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We read e-books and printed books. But are there differences in how and where we read? And what opportunities does a digital reading environment bring for writers and designers? The materiality of reading explores the experience of reading by examining the interaction between the reader and the object of reading. Bringing together an array of disciplinary perspectives such as neurobiology, embodied reading and typography, we aim to understand how the materiality of the text enhances reader engagement with digital and physical books. The papers of this anthology are the result of academic discussions and empirical explorations at universities in Zadar, Vilnius, Reading and Stavanger as the authors are all members of the European research initiative, ‘Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitisation’ (E-READ).


Nation-states and Indians in Latin America

Nation-states and Indians in Latin America

Author: Greg Urban

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9780292785250

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Twelve essays pose a challenge to classical anthropological theory and methodology in which Indian cultures have been analyzed in isolation, without regard for nation-state context. Empirically focused, they deal with such issues as how the Guatemalan tourist industry appropriates indigenous clothing to create a national image and how highland Indian music has adapted to Peruvian state interventions since the colonial period. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR