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The Languages of Archaeology: Dialogue, Narrative, and Writing
Rosemary A. Joyce
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Description for The Languages of Archaeology: Dialogue, Narrative, and Writing
Paperback. This volume provides a critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analyzing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past. It examines rhetoric, narrative and dialogue as crucial topics for archaeological reflection. Series: Social Archaeology. Num Pages: 184 pages, 3. BIC Classification: CF; HDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past.
This volume provides the first critical examination of the relationship between archaeology and language, analysing the rhetorical practices through which archaeologists create representations of the past.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Social Archaeology
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631221791
SKU
V9780631221791
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About Rosemary A. Joyce
Rosemary A. Joyce is Associate Professor of Anthropology, and former Director of the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. She was previously Assistant Director and Assistant Curator of the Peabody Museum, and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Her publications include Gender and Power in Prehispanic Mesoamerica (2001), Beyond Kinship: Social and Material Reproduction in ... Read more
Reviews for The Languages of Archaeology: Dialogue, Narrative, and Writing
"Joyce takes on archaeology's major themes, writing, and practice in her own engaging text. She has indeed produced a telling story. The book disentangles the enmeshed terrain of representation and narrative, and promises to make a lasting contribution to archaeological theory." Lynn Meskell, Columbia University "This is an engaging and readable study of a profoundly neglected topic in ... Read more