Beyond Mary Bailey and Old Maid Librarians: Reimagining Readers and Rethinking Reading.

Radway, Janice

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ERIC Number: EJ496646

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Publication Date: 1994

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Beyond Mary Bailey and Old Maid Librarians: Reimagining Readers and Rethinking Reading.

Radway, Janice

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, v35 n4 p275-96 Fall 1994

Reviews the growing body of work that examines reading as a process occurring within a social context and having social consequences. Three categories within this literature are examined: studies of literacy and its sociocultural role; the history of the book; and the meaning of reading as an activity. Notes and a bibliography is appended. (15 references) (KRN)

Descriptors: Books, Cultural Context, Ethnography, History, Interdisciplinary Approach, Library Role, Literacy, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading, Social Environment, Social Influences, Theories

Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Opinion Papers; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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