Abstract

RAMIREZ LEYVA, Elsa Margarita  and  PIMENTEL AVILA, Beatriz Alejandra. Reading in Mexico: A brief and historical journey through the paths of readers, books and libraries. Rev. panam. comun. [online]. 2021, vol.3, n.2, pp.11-21.  Epub Jan 17, 2022. ISSN 2683-2208.  https://doi.org/10.21555/rpc.vi2.2432.

Reading in Mexico, from pre-Hispanic times to the 21st. century, has undergone different transformations in terms of conceptions, capacities, social uses, supports, texts and their materiality, with which knowledge and experiences have been recorded, preserved and disseminated cultural, religious, political, economic, administrative, customs, architectural, historical or scientific information, to mention just some aspects of human memory that have formed millions of readers. This article aims to briefly analyze and identify the factors that led to the formation of Mexican reading communities, in native populations and their diversification from the westernization in which the written word, reading and books have transformed Mexican society throughout its entire history.

Keywords : Mexico; reading; books; libraries; history.