1. Definition and history of scholarship
Scholars view reading as an understanding appropriation of texts. With Paul Ricœur, we assign an active role to the reader, since every reader gives the text a unique new meaning each time it is read [5. 406 f.]. Anthropological studies treat reading as a form of social praxis, tied into a complex interplay of forms of human communication [2].
The study of European social reading began with the …