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Book reading often seems to function as a barometer of cultural
vitality. For those who wish to argue that we live in a dumbed-down
age, the alleged decline in book reading often becomes the
benchmark of falling cultural standards. Although pessimistic
critics and commentators may shout that the time of the book is
over, as they have since the fifteenth century, millions of readers
worldwide are not listening to them. Despite the allure of
television and the internet, book reading remains a popular
activity. However, despite the huge global audiences for books, it
is surprising that the complexity of everyday book culture is not
readily comprehended. To the apparently simple and perennial
question: 'what do people do with books?', this research offers a
sophisticated response that goes beyond the narrow perception that
reading is solely the consumption of narrative. It combines a
number of different academic approaches (cultural geography and
sociology; literary and cultural studies; and cultural history) in
order to better understand the complex nature of readers' everyday
encounters with their books. Through the use of an ethnographic
method, which grounds the analysis firmly in the experience of real
embodied readers, this work reveals the rich textures of everyday
reading culture. It demonstrates how seemingly mundane acts of
popular reading are, in fact, complex performances enabled and
curtailed simultaneously by three cultural economies: the
spatio-temporal, the social and the textual. While the consumption
of narrative (often thought to be an entirely adequate definition
of reading) remains significant, it is only a single element in an
everyday reading practice that is, as this book shows, anything but
ordinary.
This essential guide to study skills takes social work students
through every step of their degree journey, providing them with the
academic tools they will need to thrive along the way. Inventively
informed by the insights and reflections of qualifying students,
the book offers effective guidance that is grounded in real
experience of the social work degree. It is particularly suited to
those in their early years of study and supports students as
'social workers in the making'. The book covers a comprehensive
range of the core study skills, including: -Time management
-Literature searches -Engaging with research -Responding to new
styles of social work learning and teaching -Critical thinking
-Academic writing and -Presentations With reflective questions,
handy practical tips and links to helpful websites, this accessible
handbook is the perfect study companion for every student on the
path to professional qualification.
Book reading often seems to function as a barometer of cultural
vitality. For those who wish to argue that we live in a dumbed-down
age, the alleged decline in book reading often becomes the
benchmark of falling cultural standards. Although pessimistic
critics and commentators may shout that the time of the book is
over, as they have since the fifteenth century, millions of readers
worldwide are not listening to them. Despite the allure of
television and the internet, book reading remains a popular
activity. However, despite the huge global audiences for books, it
is surprising that the complexity of everyday book culture is not
readily comprehended. To the apparently simple and perennial
question: 'what do people do with books?', this research offers a
sophisticated response that goes beyond the narrow perception that
reading is solely the consumption of narrative. It combines a
number of different academic approaches (cultural geography and
sociology; literary and cultural studies; and cultural history) in
order to better understand the complex nature of readers' everyday
encounters with their books. Through the use of an ethnographic
method, which grounds the analysis firmly in the experience of real
embodied readers, this work reveals the rich textures of everyday
reading culture. It demonstrates how seemingly mundane acts of
popular reading are, in fact, complex performances enabled and
curtailed simultaneously by three cultural economies: the
spatio-temporal, the social and the textual. While the consumption
of narrative (often thought to be an entirely adequate definition
of reading) remains significant, it is only a single element in an
everyday reading practice that is, as this book shows, anything but
ordinary.
This essential guide to study skills takes social work students
through every step of their degree journey, providing them with the
academic tools they will need to thrive along the way. Inventively
informed by the insights and reflections of qualifying students,
the book offers effective guidance that is grounded in real
experience of the social work degree. It is particularly suited to
those in their early years of study and supports students as
'social workers in the making'. The book covers a comprehensive
range of the core study skills, including: -Time management
-Literature searches -Engaging with research -Responding to new
styles of social work learning and teaching -Critical thinking
-Academic writing and -Presentations With reflective questions,
handy practical tips and links to helpful websites, this accessible
handbook is the perfect study companion for every student on the
path to professional qualification.
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