Indigenous graphic communication systems : a theoretical approach /

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"Challenges Western academic views on what writing is and explores how these concepts can be improved by analyzing the sophisticated graphic communication systems found in Central Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Exploring and rejecting the Western notion that writing exists only to record...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Offner, Jerome A. (Editor), Mikulska, Katarzyna (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Subjects:
Indians of Mexico > Languages > Writing.
Indians of Central America > Languages > Writing.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Languages > Writing.
Picture-writing > Mexico.
Picture-writing > Central America.
Picture-writing > Andes Region.
Visual communication > Mexico.
Visual communication > Central America.
Visual communication > Andes Region.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Écriture.
Communication visuelle > Mexique.
Communication visuelle > Amérique centrale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Indians of South America > Languages > Writing.
Picture-writing.
Visual communication.
Andes Region.
Central America.
Mexico.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Challenges Western academic views on what writing is and explores how these concepts can be improved by analyzing the sophisticated graphic communication systems found in Central Mesoamerica and Andean South America. Exploring and rejecting the Western notion that writing exists only to record the chain of speech"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 393 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781607329350
1607329352
Access:Legal Deposit;

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