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001 2012002608
003 DLC
005 20120217151209.0
008 120216s2012 ctu b 001 0 eng
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042 $apcc
050 00 $aZ1039.W65$bJ33 2012
082 00 $a028.9 082$223
084 $aHIS054000$aLIT007000$aSOC028000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aJack, Belinda Elizabeth.
245 14 $aThe woman reader /$cBelinda Jack.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1206
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This lively story has never been told before: the complete history of women's reading and the ceaseless controversies it has inspired. Belinda Jack's groundbreaking volume travels from the Cro-Magnon cave to the digital bookstores of our time, exploring what and how women of widely differing cultures have read through the ages. Jack traces a history marked by persistent efforts to prevent women from gaining literacy or reading what they wished. She also recounts the counter-efforts of those who have battled for girls' access to books and education. The book introduces frustrated female readers of many eras--Babylonian princesses who called for women's voices to be heard, rebellious nuns who wanted to share their writings with others, confidantes who challenged Reformation theologians' writings, nineteenth-century New England mill girls who risked their jobs to smuggle novels into the workplace, and women volunteers who taught literacy to women and children on convict ships bound for Australia. Today, new distinctions between male and female readers have emerged, and Jack explores such contemporary topics as burgeoning women's reading groups, differences in men and women's reading tastes, censorship of women's on-line reading in countries like Iran, the continuing struggle for girls' literacy in many poorer places, and the impact of women readers in their new status as significant movers in the world of reading"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aWomen$xBooks and reading$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen$xBooks and reading$xSocial aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aGirls$xBooks and reading$xHistory.
650 0 $aGirls$xBooks and reading$xSocial aspects$xHistory.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Social History.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.$2bisacsh