The social and cultural contexts of historic writing practices.

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Imprint:Oxford : Oxbow Books 2021.
©2021
Description:1 online resource (viii, 374 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Contexts of and Relations Between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) 2
Contexts of and Relations Between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) ; 2.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13429443
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Other authors / contributors:Boyes, Philip J. (Philip John), editor.
Steele, Philippa M., 1983- editor.
Elvira Astoreca, Natalia, editor.
ISBN:9781789254792
1789254795
9781789254815
1789254817
9781789254785
1789254787
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:Writing is not just a set of systems for transcribing language and communicating meaning, but an important element of human practice, deeply embedded in the cultures where it is present and fundamentally interconnected with all other aspects of human life. 'The Social and Cultural Contexts of Historic Writing Practices' explores these relationships in a number of different cultural contexts and from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including archaeological, anthropological and linguistic. It offers new ways of approaching the study of writing and integrating it into wider debates and discussions about culture, history and archaeology.
Other form:Print version: 9781789254785 1789254787