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This book studies everyday writing practices among ordinary people
in a poor rural society in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using
the abundance of handwritten material produced, disseminated and
consumed some centuries after the advent of print as its research
material, the book's focus is on its day-to-day usage and on "minor
knowledge," i.e., text matter originating and rooted primarily in
the everyday life of the peasantry. The focus is on the history of
education and communication in a global perspective. Rather than
engaging in comparing different countries or regions, the authors
seek to view and study early modern and modern manuscript culture
as a transnational (or transregional) practice, giving agency to
its ordinary participants and attention to hitherto overlooked
source material. Through a microhistorical lens, the authors
examine the strength of this aspect of popular culture and try to
show it in a wider perspective, as well as asking questions about
the importance of this development for the continuity of the
literary tradition. The book is an attempt to explain "the nature
of the literary culture" in general - how new ideas were
transported from one person to another, from community to
community, and between regions; essentially, the role of minor
knowledge in the development of modern men.
This book studies everyday writing practices among ordinary people
in a poor rural society in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using
the abundance of handwritten material produced, disseminated and
consumed some centuries after the advent of print as its research
material, the book's focus is on its day-to-day usage and on "minor
knowledge," i.e., text matter originating and rooted primarily in
the everyday life of the peasantry. The focus is on the history of
education and communication in a global perspective. Rather than
engaging in comparing different countries or regions, the authors
seek to view and study early modern and modern manuscript culture
as a transnational (or transregional) practice, giving agency to
its ordinary participants and attention to hitherto overlooked
source material. Through a microhistorical lens, the authors
examine the strength of this aspect of popular culture and try to
show it in a wider perspective, as well as asking questions about
the importance of this development for the continuity of the
literary tradition. The book is an attempt to explain "the nature
of the literary culture" in general - how new ideas were
transported from one person to another, from community to
community, and between regions; essentially, the role of minor
knowledge in the development of modern men.
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