Title Book history through postcolonial eyes : rewriting the script / Robert Fraser.

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London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201) and index.
Contents	The problematics of print -- Scripts and manuscripts -- Transmitting the word in South Asia -- Transmitting the word in Africa -- Resistance and adaptation -- Communication and authority -- Licensed snoopers and literary protestors -- The power of the consumer.
Summary	This surprising study draws together the disparate fields of postcolonial theory and book history in a challenging and illuminating way. Fraser illustrates his combined approach with comparative case studies of print, script and speech cultures in South Asia and Africa.
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Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Books -- South Asia -- History.
	Books.
	South Asia.
	History.
	Books -- Africa -- History.
	Africa.
	Printing -- South Asia -- History.
	Printing.
	Printing -- Africa -- History.
	Written communication -- South Asia -- History.
	Written communication.
	Written communication -- Africa -- History.
	Book industries and trade -- South Asia -- History.
	Book industries and trade.
	Book industries and trade -- Africa -- History.
	Transmission of texts.
	Transmission of texts.
	Oral tradition.
	Oral tradition.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Fraser, Robert, 1947- Book history through postcolonial eyes. London ; New York : Routledge, 2008 9780415402934 041540293X (DLC) 2008002020 (OCoLC)191846764
ISBN	9780203888117 (electronic book)
	0203888111 (electronic book)
	9780415402934 (alkaline paper)
	041540293X (alkaline paper)
	9780415402941 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	0415402948 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
	9780203091036 (ebook)
	0203091035 (ebook)
	9781134142231 (e-book ; Mobi)
	1134142234
	9781134142279 (e-book ; ePub)
	1134142277
	9781134142286 (e-book ; PDF)
	1134142285
Standard No.	10.4324/9780203888117

Title Book history through postcolonial eyes : rewriting the script / Robert Fraser.

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