Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines
Representing Technology in the Edison Era (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14528384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William S Pretzer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 191-193 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2002.0036 |
| OpenAlex | W2056057006 |
| Language | EN |
Lisa Gitelman, who teaches English and media studies at the Catholic University of America, has written another of those books that attempt to "locate" technology amid a dynamic welter of cultural relationships and meanings. In this instance, the technologies in question all deal with the spoken or written word. Gitelman wants to show that late Victorians' conceptions of the written word influenced their technological innovations and that, in turn, their technologies changed the way they thought about texts. No simplistic "inventor/producer/consumer" mentality here
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Scripting language · Sociology · Word (group theory) · Computer Science · History · Media, Communication, and Education · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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