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Literacy, Orality, and Property

Church Documents in Ethiopia

Bibliographic Data

ID3560905
AuthorsJames C Mccann (Professor of History and Director, African Studies Center, Boston University, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume32
Issue1
Pages81-88
Publication date2001-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/00221950152103919
OpenAlexW2035840719
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

Manuscript documents produced by the Ethiopian church are valuable historical sources about the relations of property and politics. Historians, however, should consider them as part of a political culture in which orality and literacy operated jointly to convey meaning and political validity

Art · Epistemology · Literacy · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Orality · Political science · Politics · Property (philosophy) · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropology · History · Law · Philosophy

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Citations per year0,2
Citation span2006 - 2022 (17)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4
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