Building a nation of readers? Women's organizations and the politics of reading in South Africa, 1900-1914

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dc.contributor.author Dick, Archie L.
dc.date.accessioned 2007-07-05T07:14:19Z
dc.date.available 2007-07-05T07:14:19Z
dc.date.issued 2004-11
dc.description.abstract Women and women's organizations exploited available opportunities and spaces to assert themselves in South African public life in the early-twentieth century. Their educational interventions combined a special concern with nation-building and the kinds of history read by schoolchildren. This article examines the reading initiatives of a number of women's organizations in South Africa from 1900 to 1914. It reveals their political, educational, cultural, economic and personal entanglements, and their attempts to apply reading to nation-building. Their ambiguous legacy influenced the later expansion of reading and literacy schemes and the development of free public library services in South Africa. en
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dc.identifier.citation Dick, AL 2004, 'Building a nation of readers?: Women's organizations and the politics of reading in South Africa, 1900-1914', Historia, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 23-44. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_hist.html] en
dc.identifier.issn 0018-229X
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2899
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Historical Association of South Africa en
dc.rights Historical Association of South Africa en
dc.subject Reading regulation en
dc.subject Imperialism en
dc.subject Nationalism en
dc.subject Reading unions en
dc.subject Reading circles en
dc.subject.lcsh Reading -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Nation building -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Women -- Societies and clubs -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Literacy programmes -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Public libraries -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh School libraries -- South Africa
dc.title Building a nation of readers? Women's organizations and the politics of reading in South Africa, 1900-1914 en
dc.title.alternative Bou 'n nasie van lesers? Vroueorganisasies en die leespolitiek in Suid-Afrika, 1900-1914 en
dc.type Article en


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