Overview
The iconic books project -- How books matter: three dimensions of scriptures -- Iconic books and texts -- Relic texts -- Iconic digital texts: how ritual makes virtual texts material -- Desecrated scriptures and the news media -- Ancient iconic texts -- Rival iconic texts: Ten Commandments monuments and the U.S. constitution -- Book aniconism: the codex, translation and beliefs about immaterial texts -- Mass literacy and scholarly expertise -- Why books matter: preservation and disposal
- | Author: James Washington Watts
- | Publisher: Equinox Publishing
- | Publication Date: May 13, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 200 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1781797684
- | ISBN-13: 9781781797686
