Writing as material practice : : substance, surface and medium / / edited by Kathryn E. Piquette and Ruth D. Whitehouse

• TeilnehmendeR: Whitehouse, Ruth,; Piquette, Kathryn,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Ubiquity Press Limited ,, 2013; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 342 pages) :; illustrations (some colour), maps; digital file(s).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Writing as Material Practice grapples with the issue of writing as a form of material culture in its ancient and more recent manifestations, and in the contexts of production and consumption. Fifteen case studies explore the artefactual nature of writing — the ways in which materials, techniques, co...