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Literacy histories, even those seeking to incorporate greater diversity in race and gender, have tended to focus on academic institutions. Circulating Literacy speaks to, and connects, the topics of rural studies, literacy sponsorship and identity, gender, and professionalization, arguing for value in the study of periodicals as education tools.

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'Examines the role played by popular magazines in building literacy; focuses on Michigan Farmer, Ohio Farmer, and Maine Farmer as well as Harper's Bazar and Ladies' Home Journal.' -The Chronicle of Higher Education

<i>Circulating Literacy</i> examines how readers of periodicals near the beginning of the twentieth century engaged in literacy learning. Close readings and analysis of four popular women s and farm journals provide a great deal of primary research. The field of composition will benefit from continuing to examine how literacy education occurs in extracurricular spaces, and this book successfully makes the case that we should be paying more attention to the ways voices such as editors (and readers) impacted literacy learning. <b> Charlotte Hogg</b>, author, <i>From the Garden Club: Rural Women Writing Community</i> Brazeau presents fresh material, filling in gaps about the literacy practices of turn-of-the-century women. As a historian, I find it interesting and relevant and believe others will as well. <b> Lisa S. Mastrangelo</b>, author, <i>Writing a Progressive Past: Women Teaching and Writing in the Progressive Era</i>

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"Alicia Brazeau is the director of the writing center at the College of Wooster. Her writing has appeared in College English and Children s Literature Association Quarterly."""

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