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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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mikulska, Katarzyna (Editor), Offner, Jerome A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Visual communication.
Picture-writing.
Indians of South America > Languages > Writing.
Indians of Mexico > Languages > Writing.
Indians of Central America > Languages > Writing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Communication visuelle > Amerique centrale.
Communication visuelle > Mexique.
Langues indiennes d'Amerique > Mexique > Écriture.
Visual communication > Andes Region.
Visual communication > Central America.
Visual communication > Mexico.
Picture-writing > Andes Region.
Picture-writing > Central America.
Picture-writing > Mexico.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Languages > Writing.
Mexico.
Central America.
Andes Region.
Electronic books.
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 (413 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781607329350

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