| Written Culture in a Colonial Context: Africa and the Americas 1500-1900 Contributor(s): Delmas, Adrien (Editor), Penn, Nigel (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004223894 ISBN-13: 9789004223899 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $113.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| LCCN: 2011047480 |
| Series: African History |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.45 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent developments in the cultural history of written culture have omitted the specificity of practices relative to writing that were anchored in colonial contexts. The circulation of manuscripts and books between different continents played a key role in the process of the first globalization from the 16th century onwards. While the European colonial organization mobilised several forms of writing and tried to control the circulation and reception of this material, the very function and meaning of written culture was recreated by the introduction and appropriation of written culture into societies without alphabetical forms of writing. This book explores the extent to which the control over the materiality of writing has shaped the numerous and complex processes of cultural exchange during the early modern period. |