Literacy, Orality, and Property
Church Documents in Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3560905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James C Mccann (Professor of History and Director, African Studies Center, Boston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-88 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1953 • E-ISSN: 1530-9169 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/00221950152103919 |
| OpenAlex | W2035840719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
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
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |