Print Culture and Sufi Modernity: Al-Tuhāmī al-Wazzānī’s Embodied Reading of Morocco’s Nahḍa

What is it about?

This article is about the rise of print culture and modern narrative in Morocco. It argues for the continuation of traditional forms and reading practices after the move from manuscript to print. The relationship between text and reader remains that typical of Sufi (auto)biographical literature despite the development of a new reading public that comes with the introduction of print media.

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