Word - Beyond Language, Beyond Image (Hardcover)

Words are everywhere. Ubiquitous, pervasive. Yet our relations with words are narrowly defined. How does the sound, feel, touch, taste, place, position, speed, and direction of words come to matter in their uses? Word begins from the premise that, if we consider words only in terms of language and as images, we overlook a range of bodily, sensory, affective and non-conscious relations with words. We overlook, too, their epistemological, methodological, experiential and political implications. This book seeks to redress this neglect by exploring words themselves in histories of language and contemporary theory, in print and typography, and through a series of empirical examples which include religion, embodiment, photography and performance. Word is a reminder that words live richly in the world. It is an invitation to recognise those non-linguistic word-relations that are already existing, and to bring new and generative encounters with words into being.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Disruptions
Release date:	October 2015
Authors:	Mariam Motamedi Fraser
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-78348-142-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General
LSN:	1-78348-142-0
Barcode:	9781783481422

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