Reading the illegible: indigenous writing and the limits of colonial hegemony in the andes
Auteur :
Llerena, Laura Leon
Éditeur :
University of Arizona Press
ISBN :
9780816547531
Date de publication :
10 janv. 2023
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
363 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines the history of alphabetic writing in early colonial Peru, deconstructing the conventional notion of literacy as a weapon of the colonizer. This book develops the concept of legibility, which allows for an in-depth analysis of coexisting Andean and non-Native media.