Literacy in Traditional SocietiesThe importance of writing as a means of communication in a society formerly without it, or where writing has been confined to particular groups, is enormous. It objectifies speech, provides language with a material correlative, and in this material form speech can be transmitted over space and preserved over time. In this book the contributors discuss cultures at different levels of sophistication and literacy and examine the importance of writing on the development of these societies. All the articles except the first were specially written for this book and the extensive introduction unites and synthesizes the material. |
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Contents
Introduction page | 1 |
The Consequences of Literacy | 25 |
Implications of Literacy in Traditional China and India | 69 |
Literacy in a Buddhist Village in NorthEast Thailand | 85 |
Literacy in Kērala | 132 |
The Transmission of Islamic Learning in the Western Sudan | 161 |
Restricted Literacy in Northern Ghana | 198 |
the Somali Case | 265 |
Astrology and Writing in Madagascar | 277 |
Uses of Literacy in New Guinea and Melanesia | 298 |
The Measurement of Literacy in PreIndustrial England | 310 |
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| 339 | |
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| Title | Literacy in Traditional Societies |
| Editor | Jack Goody |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1975 |
| ISBN | 0521290058, 9780521290050 |
| Length | 349 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / Administration / General Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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