Written culture in a colonial context - 16th - 19th centuries (Paperback)

There is very little in the modern literature on the history of written culture that describes the specific practices related to writing that were anchored in colonial contexts. It was not just ships, soldiers and missionaries that drove the process of European expansion from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The circulation of images, manuscripts and books between different continents played a key role too. The Portuguese Estado da India, the Spanish Carrera de Indias, the Dutch, English and French East-Indian Companies, as well as the Company of Jesus, all fixed and inscribed the details of their travels in several types of document (letters, logs, diaries, histories, etc.). The introduction and appropriation of writing into societies without alphabets was a major factor in changing the very function and meaning of written culture. This title explores the extent to which the types of written information that resulted during colonial expansion shaped the numerous and complex processes of cultural exchange from the 16th century onwards.

General

Imprint:	University of Cape Town Press
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	December 2011
Editors:	N. Penn • A Delmas
Dimensions:	229 x 150 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	364
ISBN-13:	978-1-919895-26-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
LSN:	1-919895-26-4
Barcode:	9781919895260

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