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Writing the Dead

Death and Writing Strategies in the Western Tradition
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Written by one of the world s leading paleographers, this book poses two fundamental questions: When did human beings begin and why have they continued to decide that a certain number of their dead had a right to a written death? What differences have existed in the practice of writing death from age to age and culture to culture? Drawing principally on testimonials intended for public display, such as monuments, tombstones, and grave markings, as well as on scrolls, books, manuscripts, newspapers, and posters, the author reconstructs the ways Western cultures have used writing to commemorate the dead, from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. The author argues that the relation between funereal remains and inscription is a profoundly political one. The recurring question Who merits a written death? demands a multifaceted reply, one that intersects such modes of human cultural history as the relation between the living and the dead, the control of territory, the formation and maintenance of power, the preservation of wealth, the right to individuality, and the symbolic and signifying value of written culture.

Author Biography:

Armando Petrucci occupies the chair in Latin paleography at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. His Public Lettering: Script, Power, and Culture appeared in English translation in 1993.
Release date Australia
March 1st, 1998
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Contributor
  • Translated by Michael Sullivan
Pages
184
Dimensions
159x237x20
ISBN-13
9780804728591
Product ID
5306556

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