Communication and Materiality

Written and Unwritten Communication in Pre-Modern Societies
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-11-037174-1
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 133 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 414 g

Reihe: Materiale Textkulturen

This volume reconsiders the question of literacy and communication in pre-modern societies from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Methodologically, its authors rely on the assumption that not only the content of a specific message, but also its material form and outlook effect the way in which textual artefacts are understood and interpreted by their individual readers or beholders. Furthermore, writers consciously and at times unconsciously design texts by applying different writing surfaces, writing implements or layouts.

The volume includes examples from the Ancient Orient, the antique Mediterranean, medieval Europe and the Middle East to elucidate how communication between rulers and subordinates was conceptualized in largely illiterate pre-modern societies with regard to the materiality, performance and presence of the written word.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in history, archaeology, ancient and islamic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Enderwitz, Susanne

Sauer, Rebecca

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Materielle Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie

Über Autor(innen)

Susanne Enderwitz and Rebecca Sauer, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.