Literacy and Cultural Transmission in the Reading, Writing, and Rewriting of Jew

by Rosemary Horowitz

Using the 'literacy practice' and the 'literacy event' as units of analysis, this dissertation explores community literacy practices and cultural transmission by examining a range of shifts in the uses and meanings of Yisker Bikher as reported by two gernerations of readers and writers. As practices, reading and writing were defined in terms of multiple activities and settings, involving a variety of genres, uses, functions, and meanings.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997