Materiale Textkulturen. Konzepte-Materialien-Praktiken Material Text Cultures. Concepts - Materials - Practices

How does one define and explore the "material presence of the written in non-typographical cultures?" The interdisciplinary and collaborative essays in this handbook present theoretical principles, describe text-bearing materials and objects, and investigate the diverse practices related t...

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Format: eBook
Language:German
Published: De Gruyter 2015
Series:Materiale Textkulturen
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Summary:How does one define and explore the "material presence of the written in non-typographical cultures?" The interdisciplinary and collaborative essays in this handbook present theoretical principles, describe text-bearing materials and objects, and investigate the diverse practices related to text-bearing artifacts. The analysis is illustrated with examples drawn from a period of over 4,500 years.
Physical Description:1 online resource (746 p.)
ISBN:9783110371291
9783110425277
DOI:10.1515/9783110371291
Access:Open Access