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Scripturalectics : the management of meaning /

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In this book Vincent Wimbush seeks to problematize what we call ""scriptures, "" a word first used to refer simply to ""things written, "" the registration of basic information. In the modern world the word came to be associated almost exclusively with the cen...

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Main Author: Wimbush, Vincent L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2017-
Subjects:
Social structure.
Literature and society.
Communication > Social aspects.
Society in literature.
Structure sociale.
Littérature et société.
social structure.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Society in literature
Communication > Social aspects
Literature and society
Social structure
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; scripturalectics; Copyright; Dedication; contents; Preface; Introduction: Scripturalectics as Turns in the Human Quest for Meaning; Chapter 1 "Aru Oyim De De De Dei!": Mask-ing Meaning; Chapter 2 "Pacification of the Primitive Tribes": Meaning as White Savagery; Chapter 3 "We Have Fallen Apart": The Rupture of Meaning; Summary Conclusion: The End of Scriptures, the Beginning of Scripturalectics; Notes; Index.