The alphabet versus the goddess : the conflict between word and image
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670878833 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0670878839 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0670878839 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780140196016 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0140196013 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
xiv, 464, 11 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Penguin/Compass, 1999.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Readers guide inside, Penguin"--Cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-453) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Image/Word -- 2. Hunters/Gatherers -- 3. Right Brain/Left Brain -- 4. Males: Death/Females: Life -- 5. Nonverbal/Verbal -- 6. Cuneiform/Marduk -- 7. Hieroglyphs/Isis -- 8. Aleph/Bet -- 9. Hebrews/Israelites -- 10. Abraham/Moses -- 11. Thera/Matzah -- 12. Adam/Eve -- 13. Cadmus/Alpha -- 14. Sappho/Ganymede -- 15. Dionysus/Apollo -- 16. Athens/Sparta -- 17. Lingam/Yoni -- 18. Birth/Death -- 19. Yin/Yang -- 20. Taoism/Confucianism -- 21. B.C./A.D. -- 22. Jesus/Christ -- 23. Death/Rebirth -- 24. Patriarchs/Heretics -- 25. Reason/Madness -- 26. Illiteracy/Celibacy, 500-1000 -- 27. Muslin Veils/Muslim Words -- 28. Mystic/Scholastic, 1000-1300 -- 29. Humanist/Egoist, 1300-1500 -- 30. Protestant/Catholic -- 31. Faith/Hate -- 32. Sorcery/Science -- 33. Positive/Negative, 1648-1899 -- 34. ID/Superego, 1900-1945 -- 35. Page/Screen, 1945-2000. |
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Subject: | Alphabet History Language and culture Literacy Social aspects Misogyny Patriarchy Written communication Social aspects |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 302.2 SHL (Text) | 000095174 | Nonfiction | Available | - |