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Indigenous graphic communication systems : a theoretical approach /

"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: Offner, Jerome A. (Editor), Mikulska, Katarzyna (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Louisville : 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.
Indians of South America > Languages > Writing.
Picture-writing.
Visual communication.
Andes Region.
Central America.
Mexico.
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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:xx, 393 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781607328766
1607328763