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Approaches to the History of Written Culture: A World Inscribed

Approaches to the History of Written Culture: A World Inscribed

Marquilhas, Rita
Lyons, Martyn

Hardcover

Series: New Directions in Book History

Literary CriticismBusiness of WritingGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3319541358
ISBN13: 9783319541358
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Aug 16 2017
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book investigates the history of writing as a cultural practice in a variety of contexts and periods. It analyses the rituals and practices determining intimate or 'ordinary' writing as well as bureaucratic and religious writing. From the inscribed images of 'pre-literate' societies, to the democratization of writing in the modern era, access to writing technology and its public and private uses are examined. In ten studies, presented by leading historians of scribal culture from seven countries, the book investigates the uses of writing in non-alphabetical as well as alphabetical script, in societies ranging from Native America and ancient Korea to modern Europe. The authors emphasise the material characteristics of writing, and in so doing they pose questions about the definition of writing itself. Drawing on expertise in various disciplines, they give an up-to-date account of the current state of knowledge in a field at the forefront of 'Book History'.

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