Script and society : the social context of writing practices in late bronze age Ugarit
| 1. Verfasser: |
Boyes, Philip J.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford, Philadelphia :
Oxbow Books,
2021.
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| Umfang/Format: |
viii, 308 pages: illustrations, maps, plans, 26 cm |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems
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| Parallelausgabe: |
Script and society (Online version) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Acknowledgements Part I. Background, theory and methods1. Introduction: Ugarit and its scripts 2. The social archaeology of writing Part II. Late Bronze Age writing practices in regional contextPart II. Late Bronze Age writing practices in regional context3. Writing in the Bronze Age Levant 4. Standardisation, vernacularisation and the emergence of alphabetic cuneiform 5. Influence and innovation: networks of writing practice and culture Part III. Writing and society at UgaritPart III. Writing and society at Ugarit6. The contexts of writing at Ugarit 7. Writing and the social construction of place 8. Who wrote? Literacy in Ugarit 9. Writing practices and minority communities 10. Social change in Late Bronze Age Ugarit 11. Writing practices and elite identity: imperialism, resistance and vernacularisation 12. The impact and legacy of alphabetic cuneiform 13. Conclusion: the social context of writing practices at Ugarit Bibliography
