The cord keepers : khipus and cultural life in a Peruvian village /
An ethnography of Andean knot writing, where media convey information without an alphabet or any other visual likeness of speech, examining the ways that such "mute inscription" communicates social experience.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
©2004.
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Colección: | Latin America otherwise.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | An ethnography of Andean knot writing, where media convey information without an alphabet or any other visual likeness of speech, examining the ways that such "mute inscription" communicates social experience. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-315) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780822386179 0822386178 1283023954 9781283023955 9786613023957 6613023957 |