How and why books matter: essays on the social function of iconic texts
The iconic books project -- How books matter: three dimensions of scriptures -- Iconic books and texts -- Relic texts -- Iconic digital texts: how ritual makes virtual texts material -- Desecrated scriptures and the news media -- Ancient iconic texts -- Rival iconic texts: Ten Commandments monuments...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sheffield Bristol
equinox
[2019]
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| En: | Año: 2019 |
| Críticas: | [Rezension von: Watts, James W., 1960-, How and why books matter] (2022) (Greenspahn, Frederick E., 1946 -)
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| Colección / Revista: | Comparative research on iconic and performative texts
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| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Cultura de la escrita
/ Difusión de la información
/ Libro
B Ilustración / Comportamiento de la lectura / Comportamiento social B Transmisión del saber / Digitalización / Realidad virtual B Escrituras Sagradas / Autoridad / Rito |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AA Ciencias de la religión |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Sacred Books
History and criticism
B Books Social aspects |
| Sumario: | The iconic books project -- How books matter: three dimensions of scriptures -- Iconic books and texts -- Relic texts -- Iconic digital texts: how ritual makes virtual texts material -- Desecrated scriptures and the news media -- Ancient iconic texts -- Rival iconic texts: Ten Commandments monuments and the U.S. constitution -- Book aniconism: the codex, translation and beliefs about immaterial texts -- Mass literacy and scholarly expertise -- Why books matter: preservation and disposal |
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| Notas: | Literturverzeichnis: Seite 189-203 |
| ISBN: | 1781797676 |