Realms of Literacy : Early Japan and the History of Writing / David B. Lurie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lurie, David B., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 335.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 335

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese characters--Japan.

Chinese characters.

Written communication.

History.

Writing.

Japan.

Japanese language--Writing--History.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Writing.

Writing--Japan--History.

Written communication--Japan--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Early Japan and the History of Writing

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Beyond simply investigating the "when" of writing in Japan and of writing in the Japanese language, Lurie (Japanese history & literature, Columbia U.) emphasizes in his introduction that he's interested in the complexities and broader ramifications of the subject. He states: "Deeper understanding of early Japanese inscription will transform comparative discussions of literacy and reading practices, and remake our sense of the wider patterns of the world history of writing systems." This study investigates such topics as the "importance of 'unread' texts, the pragmatic contexts and varied natures of multiple simultaneous literacies, the relations between languages and systems of inscription, and the aesthetic dimensions of writing." Harvard University Asia Center published the book; distribution is by Harvard U. Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Shards of Writing? Early Fragments and the Nature of Literacy

Kings Who Did Not Read: Scribes and the Projection of Power from the First to the Sixth Century CE

A World Dense with Writing: Expanding Literacies in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries

Kundoku: Reading, Writing, and Translation in a Single Script

Governing in Prose: Written Style in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki

The Poetry of Writing: The Man'yōshū and Its Contexts

Japan and the History of Writing

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Realms of Literacy: Early Japan and the History of Writing,

ISBN:

9781684175086

9780674060654

OCLC:

1132223024

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684175086 DOI

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