At a time when new information technologies are beginning to challenge our typographic culture with a transition toward a new "secondary" orality, the impact of the written word on our daily lives, our individual perceptions, and our culture has become a matter of intense debate. This collection employs an interdisciplinary approach in its examination of the social and cultural implications of literacy. The contributors discuss, among other issues, the interdependence of the spoken and written word, the cultural and ...
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At a time when new information technologies are beginning to challenge our typographic culture with a transition toward a new "secondary" orality, the impact of the written word on our daily lives, our individual perceptions, and our culture has become a matter of intense debate. This collection employs an interdisciplinary approach in its examination of the social and cultural implications of literacy. The contributors discuss, among other issues, the interdependence of the spoken and written word, the cultural and political ramifications of spreading mass literacy, and the consequences of the new electronic technologies, both in publishing and in the visual media, that challenge the supremacy of the written word.
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Add this copy of The Written Word: Literacy in Transition to cart. $26.98, good condition, Sold by Jays Pages rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lamont, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press).
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Good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 197 p. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. ALL PAGES AND BINDING SECURE. SUPER CLEAN INSIDE AND OUT. EX LIBRARY WITH USUAL LIBRARY STAMPS AND LABLES. NOW STAMPED DISCARDED. Edited by Gerd Bauman Series: Wolfson College lectures, 1985
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0198750684. Original Clarendon Press edition, not Sandpiper reprint.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 224 pp; Wolfson College Lectures.
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