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Approaches to the History of Written Culture

A World Inscribed

Paperback Engels 2018 9783319853284
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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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ISBN13:9783319853284
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Springer International Publishing

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<p>1. A World Inscribed - Introduction.- 2.&nbsp;The Babylonian Scribes and their Libraries.- 3.&nbsp;Writings in the Korean&nbsp;Han’gŭl&nbsp;Script by and for the Women of Chosŏn Korea.- 4.&nbsp;Paper World: The Materiality of Loss in the Pre-modern Age.- 5.&nbsp;Writings on the Streets: Ephemeral Texts and Public Space in the Early Modern Hispanic World.- 6.&nbsp;Writing One’s Life: The French School of the Anthropology of Writing.- 7.&nbsp;Calendar, Chronicle and Songs of Sorrows: Generic Sources of Life Writing in Nineteenth-Century Finland.- 8. Reading the ‘Cheyenne Letter’: Towards a Typology of Inscription Beyond the Alphabet.- 9.&nbsp;The Scribal Culture of Children: A Fragmentary History.- 10. &nbsp;Policing Writing in the City, 1852-1945: The Invention of Scriptural Delinquency.- 11.&nbsp;QWERTYUIOP: How the Typewriter Influenced Writing Practices.- 12. &nbsp;The Future of the History of Writing.- Bibliography.- Index.</p><p></p>

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