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Ordinary Writings, Personal Narratives
Historians have often assumed that the lives of the poor and illiterate can never be known because they have left little record of their existence. This book, however, will establish some of the main themes of a new field of historical study: that of 'ordinary writings' - the improvised writings of the poor and the young.
Remaking Culture and Music Spaces
This collection analyses the remaking of culture and music spaces during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Its central focus is how cultural producers negotiated radically disrupted and uncertain conditions by creating, designing, and curating new objects and events, and through making alternative combinations of practices and spaces. By examining contexts and practices of remaking culture and music, it goes beyond being a chronicle of how the pandemic disrupted cultural life and livelihoods. The book also raises crucial questions about the forms and dynamics of post-pandemic spaces of culture and music. Main themes include the affective and embodied dimensions that shape the experience, organi...
Approaches to the History of Written Culture
This book investigates the history of writing as a cultural practice in a variety of contexts and periods. It analyses the rituals and practices determining intimate or ‘ordinary’ writing as well as bureaucratic and religious writing. From the inscribed images of ‘pre-literate’ societies, to the democratization of writing in the modern era, access to writing technology and its public and private uses are examined. In ten studies, presented by leading historians of scribal culture from seven countries, the book investigates the uses of writing in non-alphabetical as well as alphabetical script, in societies ranging from Native America and ancient Korea to modern Europe. The authors emphasise the material characteristics of writing, and in so doing they pose questions about the definition of writing itself. Drawing on expertise in various disciplines, they give an up-to-date account of the current state of knowledge in a field at the forefront of ‘Book History’.
The Writing Culture of Ordinary People in Europe, C.1860-1920
A fascinating account of how ordinary people met the challenges of literacy in modern Europe, as distances between people increased.
Arms and Letters
Arms and Letters is the first study in English dedicated to the literary and cultural analysis of early modern Spanish military autobiographical texts.
Being the Heart of the World
Being the Heart of the World offers a timely reflection on the relationship between mobility and identity-making in the Spanish colonial world. It will be of value to historians of colonial Mexico and the Spanish empire.
A Colonial Book Market
Tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, Agnes Gehbald provides a comprehensive study of print culture in Peru in the decades before Independence. An important volume for those interested in the history of books beyond the European market.
Marriage in Europe
Marriage in Europe, 1400-1800 examines the institution not just as it was theorized by jurists and theologians, but as it was lived in reality.
Untold Stories of the Spanish Civil War
This is the first scholarly volume to offer an insight into the less known stories of women, children, and international volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. Special attention is given to volunteers of different historical experiences, especially Jews, and voices from less researched countries in the context of the Spanish war, such as Palestine and Turkey. Of an interdisciplinary nature, this volume brings together historians and literary scholars from different countries. Their research is based on newly found primary sources in both national and private archives, as well as on post-essentialist methodological insights for women’s history, Jewish history, and studies on belonging. By bri...
História do Ensino de Leitura e Escrita
Neste livro, estão reunidos textos de pesquisadores estrangeiro e brasileiros, especialistas em história da alfabetização, história da educação e história do livro e da leitura. Os autores abordam a história do ensino de leitura e escrita, enfocando diferentes espaços e formas de produção e circulação de métodos de ensino e de material didático. E, por meio do diálogo entre práticas escolares e práticas culturais, destacam dimensões pedagógicas, editoriais e políticas assim como diferentes sujeitos envolvidos nesses processos históricos. Além da temática abordada, os textos aqui reunidos têm em comum o contexto da motivação inicial e dos objetivos. Resultam, mais diretamente, das fecundas discussões apresentadas pelos autores em evento científico do qual participaram como conferencista ou palestrantes. As instigantes discussões propostas e questões suscitadas naquela ocasião demandaram sistematização, com o objetivo de ampliar, para além dos limites do evento,o alcance das contribuições dos autores, o que motivou a organização deste livro, pronta e entusiasticamente acolhida por todos eles.
