Mestiz@ Scripts, Digital Migrations, and the Territories of Writing

Baca, Damian

ISBN 10: 023060515X / ISBN 13: 9780230605152

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450. . 2008. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9780230605152

Synopsis :

Conventional scholarship on written communication positions the Western alphabet as a precondition for literacy. Thus, pictographic, non-verbal writing practices of Mesoamerica remain obscured by representations of lettered speech. This book examines how contemporary Mestiz@ scripts challenge alphabetic dominance, thereby undermining the colonized territories of "writing." Strategic weavings of Aztec and European inscription systems not only promote historically-grounded accounts of how recorded information is expressed across cultures, but also speak to emerging studies on "visual/multimodal" education. Baca-Espinosa argues that Mestiz@ literacies advance "new" ways of reading and writing, applicable to diverse classrooms of the twenty-first century.

À propos de l?auteur:

DAMIÁN BACA is assistant professor of Rhetoric & Writing, Chicano-Latino studies, and American Indian studies at the University of Arizona. Baca earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University in 2006.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Mestiz@ Scripts, Digital Migrations, and the...
Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition : 2008
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : New