Writing, violence, and the military images of literacy in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (1550-1295 BCE) /
'Writing, Violence, and the Military' takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) as its point of departure, asking how patrons of art conceptualised literacy and how in turn they positioned themselves with respect to it. Inspired by the app...
| Main Author: | Allon, Niv, |
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| Other Authors: | Oxford Scholarship Online. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (224 pages). |
| Series: |
Oxford scholarship online.
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| Summary: |
'Writing, Violence, and the Military' takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) as its point of departure, asking how patrons of art conceptualised literacy and how in turn they positioned themselves with respect to it. Inspired by the approach taken by New Literacy Studies, this inquiry emphasises the study of the social practices that involve reading and writing. |
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| Item Description: |
Previously issued in print: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. 'Writing, Violence, and the Military' takes representations of reading and writing in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt (ca. 1550-1295 BCE) as its point of departure, asking how patrons of art conceptualised literacy and how in turn they positioned themselves with respect to it. Inspired by the approach taken by New Literacy Studies, this inquiry emphasises the study of the social practices that involve reading and writing. Specialized. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (224 pages). |
| Audience: |
Specialized. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780191889769 (ebook) : |