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Print Culture and The Modern World
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to Women.
Print culture in nineteenth century India meaning to Women:
(i)Lives and feelings of women began to be written in particularly vivid and intense ways. Women’s reading, therefore, increased enormously in middle-class homes.
(ii)Liberal husbands and fathers began educating their womenfolk at home, and sent them to schools when women’s schools were set up in the cities and towns after the mid-nineteenth century.
(iii)Many journals began carrying writings by women, and explained why women should be educated.
(iv)They also carried a syllabus and attached suitable reading matter which could be used for home-based schooling.
(v)Since social reforms and novels had already created a great interest in women’s lives and emotions, there was also an interest in what women would have to say about their own lives.
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The Roman Catholic Church began keeping an index of prohibited books from the mid-sixteenth century.
Give reasons for the following:
Gandhi said the fight for Swaraj is a fight for liberty of speech, liberty of the press, and freedom of association.
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The Gutenberg Press.
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Erasmus's idea of the printed book.
Write short notes to show what you know about:
The Vernacular Press Act
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to Women.
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
The poor
What did the spread of print culture in nineteenth century India mean to:
Reformers
Why did some people in eighteenth century Europe think that print culture would bring enlightenment and end despotism?
Why did some people fear the effect of easily available printed books? Choose one example from Europe and one from India.
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