LEADER 03413nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910790235703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7486-5421-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748654215 035 $a(CKB)2670000000203790 035 $a(OCoLC)795707220 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10569465 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000694677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405910 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000694677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10670851 035 $a(PQKB)11383570 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1962114 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569465 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL729433 035 $a(DE-B1597)614763 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748654215 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1962114 035 $a(OCoLC)1302166701 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000203790 100 $a20110927d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe written word in the medieval Arabic lands$b[electronic resource] $ea social and cultural history of reading practices /$fKonrad Hirschler 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-98151-5 311 $a0-7486-4256-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 Reading and Writerly Culture -- $t2 A City is Reading: Popular and Scholarly Reading Sessions -- $t3 Learning to Read: Popularisation and the Written Word in Children?s Schools -- $t4 Local Endowed Libraries and their Readers -- $t5 Popular Reading Practices -- $tConclusion -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aWinner of the 2012 BRISMES book prizeHow the written text became accessible to wider audiences in medieval Egypt and SyriaMedieval Islamic societies belonged to the most bookish cultures of their period. Using a wide variety of documentary, narrative and normative sources, Konrad Hirschler explores the growth of reading audiences in a pre-print culture.The uses of the written word grew significantly in Egypt and Syria between the 11th and the 15th centuries, and more groups within society started to participate in individual and communal reading acts. New audiences in reading sessions, school curricula, increasing numbers of endowed libraries and the appearance of popular written literature all bear witness to the profound transformation of cultural practices and their social contexts. Key FeaturesA detailed and wide-ranging analysis of reading in the periodExplores the key themes of literacy, orality and auralityExamines the accessibility and profile of librariesLooks at popular reading practices, often associated with the notion of the illicit 606 $aWritten communication$zArab countries$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aBooks and reading$zArab countries$xHistory$yTo 1500 615 0$aWritten communication$xHistory 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 676 $a028.909174927 686 $aNM 3500$2rvk 700 $aHirschler$b Konrad$0751678 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790235703321 996 $aThe written word in the medieval Arabic lands$93833138 997 $aUNINA