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Bruce, Bertram C. Davidson, Judith 2011-05-07T13:36:58Z 2011-05-07T13:36:58Z 10000-01-01 1995 "Using materials gathered from a one and one-half year ethnographic study of several local affiliates of the Illinois Reading Council, the author explores the multiple meanings of reading that emerged from the group's practice, to develop the notion of ""living reading."" The dissertation provides background on the historical contexts from which the reading councils developed and an overview of current local council practice. It focuses close attention on the symbols, forms, rituals, genres, and discourses through which notions of reading are articulated in council practice. The analysis demonstrates the close ties that exist between the councils and Protestant practice as it was articulated through the development of women's voluntary benevolent associations. It discusses the ways that, through council practice, reading becomes a means of spiritual self-expression and fulfillment that allows members to be both compliant and resistant to institutionally imposed restrictions on their personal and professional growth." Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:36:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4922 bytes, checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) 9543565.pdf: 10389560 bytes, checksum: 818f29cf0a88cb8804478206e1656059 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1995 Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:57:00Z Item is restricted indefinitely. Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:26:41-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: none Reason: ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission ETDs are only available to UIUC Users without author permission U of I Only AAI9543565 (UMI)AAI9543565 http://hdl.handle.net/2142/22347 eng Copyright 1995 Davidson, Judith Ann Education, Sociology of Education, Teacher Training Education, Reading Living reading: The mutual construction of spirituality and reading text Education Education University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.