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Literacy and orality Technological determinists large and small

Literacy and orality Technological determinists large and small

Literacy and orality Technological determinists large and small

Ruth Finnegan

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Editorial:
Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2018
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9780244049591
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The doyen multi-award anthropologist Ruth Finnegan returns by popular demand, this time to answer common questions about the general issues around the technology co=of communication and the significance of orality and literacy. Are we bound by technology? Do individuals and human cultures have any say in the matter? What IS communication anyway and how does it,can it, get passed on through the ages?A unique, authoritative and readable account on an absolutely fascinating area. Riveting. Not to be missed. Read more in Ruth’s fabulous series SWHC series THE SECRET WAYS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATING, now available in the scintillating Callender Press collection.

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