TY - GEN AU - Kuismin,Anna AU - Driscoll,M.J. AU - Kuismin,Anna AU - Driscoll,M.J. TI - White Field, black seeds: Nordic literacy practices in the long nineteenth century SN - sflit.7 PY - 2013/// CY - Helsinki, Finland PB - Finnish Literature Society / SKS KW - Literacy KW - bicssc KW - Literary studies: general KW - ability to write KW - literacy KW - literary research KW - folk linguistics KW - linguistic anthropology KW - sociolinguistics KW - Autobiography KW - Autodidacticism KW - Finland KW - Finnish language KW - Finnish Literature Society KW - Folklore KW - Iceland KW - Sweden N1 - Open Access N2 - "White field, black seeds - who can sow? Although the riddle from which this these words are taken comes from oral tradition, it 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. This 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. " UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31118/1/638226.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31118/1/638226.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31118/1/638226.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35946 ER -