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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150254903321

Autore

Brazeau Alicia

Titolo

Circulating literacy [[electronic resource] ] : writing instruction in American periodicals, 1880-1910 / / Alicia Brazeau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, [Illinois] : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8093-3545-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations

Classificazione

LAN010000LAN020000

Disciplina

051.09

Soggetti

American periodicals - History

Women's periodicals, American - History

Periodicals in education - United States - History

Books and reading - United States - History

Self-culture - United States - History

Women - Education - United States - History

Literacy - United States - History

Authorship - Study and teaching - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : literacy by subscription -- Literacy identities : defining magazine writers -- Buying and selling literacy : the Ladies' home journal -- Joining the club : clubwomen, magazine readers, and scholars -- Special invitation to write : magazine readers as contributors -- Conclusion : subscribing to a professional writing community.

Sommario/riassunto

"Literacy histories, even those seeking to incorporate greater diversity in race and gender, have tended to focus on academic institutions. "Circulating Literacy" speaks to, and connects, the topics of rural studies, gender, literacy sponsorship and identity, and professionalization, arguing for value in the study of periodicals as education tools"--