Lynne Kelly (Victoria La Trobe University)

Gebundenes Buch

Knowledge and Power in Prehistoric Societies

Beschreibung

This book offers new insights into the purpose of ancient monuments through an analysis of the methods by which oral cultures maintain a vast store of pragmatic knowledge. Lynne Kelly considers how the Australian Aboriginal, Native American, African, Pacific, and European cultures stored and transmitted knowledge in the absence of writing.

Autor

Lynne Kelly is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Arts, Communication and Critical Enquiry at La Trobe University, Melbourne. She is the author of ten books on education, one novel and three popular science titles. Kelly is interested in the question of how non-literate cultures memorise so much about their environment in the absence of writing, which has led her to research the mnemonic technologies of oral cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9781107059375
• ISBN-10: 1107059372
• Artikelnr.: 42285549