Books As Bodies and As Sacred Beings
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1781798850
ISBN-13
9781781798850
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint
Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 2020
Print length
170 Pages
Weight
340 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.40 x 1.50 cms
Ksh 5,400.00
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This book will be of interest to scholars working with the history and theory and problematics of reading, of books, of embodiment and dynamics of sacralization.
In this volume an international team of scholars address the theme of books as sacred beings from an impressively diverse range of primary material and perspectives. Yet, as a group, they meld to engage and advance previous research to solidify the conclusion that human cultures, especially religious groups, often ritualize bodies as sacred books and books as divine beings. The studies collected here not only increase the range of examples of this phenomenon. They also show the wide variety of ways in which the identity of books, bodies and beings gets both ritualized and theorized. The articles are bracketed by an introduction to the collection, and then by a concluding essay that extrapolates the theme of books as sacred beings on a more general level.
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