{"product_id":"9789522224446","title":"White Field, Black Seeds: Nordic Literacy Practices in the Long Nineteenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite field, black seeds - who can sow? The riddle refers to the ability to write, a skill which in most Nordic countries was not regarded as necessary for everyone. And yet a significant number of ordinary people with no access to formal schooling took up the pen and produced a variety of highly interesting texts: diaries, letters, memoirs, collections of folklore and handwritten newspapers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection presents the work of primarily Nordic scholars from fields such as linguistics, history, literature and folklore studies who share an interest in the production, dissemination and reception of written texts by non-privileged people during the long nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch sources, many of them little known, in Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland are discussed.   Literate societies emerged in the long 19th century as well as a sense of national revival especially in Finland,Iceland and Norway in large part do to an increasingly urban and rural populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnna Kuismin \u0026amp; M. J. Driscoll:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the Processes and Practices of Literacy in the Nordic Countries\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartyn Lyons:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New History from Below? The Writing Culture of European Peasants, c. 1850 - c.1920\u003cbr\u003eBritt Liljewall:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecollections of Reading and Writing: Another Picture of Swedish Literacy\u003cbr\u003eDavdi Olafsson:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScribal Communities in Iceland: The Case of Sighvatur Grimsson\u003cbr\u003eM. J. Driscoll:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Long and Winding Road: Manuscript Culture in Late Pre-Modern Iceland\u003cbr\u003eSigurour Gylfi Magnusson:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiving by the Book: Articulating Life Experience in Iceland\u003cbr\u003eKirsti Salmi-Niklander:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonologic, Dialogic, Collective: Modes of Writing in Finnish Hand-Written Newspapers\u003cbr\u003eAnn-Catrine Edlund:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Country Maid and her Diary: Methodological Reflections on Literacy Practices\u003cbr\u003eAnna Kuismin:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Family Inscriptions to Autobiographical Novels: Motives of Writing in Grassroots Life Stories in 19th-Century Finland\u003cbr\u003eKaisa Kauranen:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOdd Man out? The Self-educated Philosopher Kustaa Brask and his Analyses of 19th-century Finland\u003cbr\u003eGuony Hallgrimsdottir:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaterial without Value? The Recollections of Guorun Ketilsdottir\u003cbr\u003eKati Mikkola:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-taught Collectors of Folklore and their Challenge to Archival Authority\u003cbr\u003ePetri Lauerma:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinnish Revivalist Movements and the Development of Literary Finnish\u003cbr\u003eLea Laitinen \u0026amp; Taru Nordlund:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLanguage from below? Indexing Identities in the Writings of Common People in 19th-century Finland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcademica Press is an independent scholarly press specializing in publishing monographs and reference material in the humanities and social sciences. We are particularly interested in producing works of scholarly interest English language studies, literary history and criticism ,drama, sociology, education and Irish studies. (Our dedicated imprint, Maunsel \u0026amp; Co., specializes in scholarly research in Irish studies.) We have recently developed projects in African and Afro-American research areas as well as Theology and Legal Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome select areas where we publish include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-American 19th- and 20th-Century Language and Literature\u003cbr\u003e-British 19th- and 20th-Century Language and Literature\u003cbr\u003e-Irish Studies\u003cbr\u003e-African Studies and African-American Studies\u003cbr\u003e-Law, including Sports Law\u003cbr\u003e-Higher Education\u003cbr\u003e-English Church History \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Academica Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059788071152,"sku":"9789522224446","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789522224446_p0.jpg?v=1763678047","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789522224446","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}