How and Why Books Matter: Essays on the Social Function of Iconic Texts
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Religious and secular communities ritualize some books in one, two, or three dimensions. They ritualize the dimension of semantic interpretation through teaching, preaching, and scholarly commentary. This dimension receives almost all the attention of academic scholars. Communities also ritualize a text's expressive dimension through public reading, recitation, and song, and also by reproducing its contents in art, theatre and film. This dimension...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1781797684
ISBN13:9781781797686
Release Date:February 2019
Publisher:Equinox Publishing (UK)
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.97 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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