Read Me : Biographical Explorations in the Land of Poets and Thinkers /

Reading traditionally played an important role in German self-identity. But in 2000 an international survey revealed that German pupils now lack basic reading skills, giving rise to nation-wide shock. Taking this national identity crisis as a starting point, this film aims to examine the act of read...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kriszio, Janina (Director)
Format: Video
Language:German
Language Notes:In German.
Published: Manchester : Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, 2008.
Series:Academic Video Online
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Reading traditionally played an important role in German self-identity. But in 2000 an international survey revealed that German pupils now lack basic reading skills, giving rise to nation-wide shock. Taking this national identity crisis as a starting point, this film aims to examine the act of reading from an anthropological perspective through personal portraits of 3 characters and their relationship to reading, observed, as it were, through a pair of reading glasses.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 04, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (29 min.)
Playing Time:00:28:59