TY - BOOK ID - 18011756 TI - Writing, society and culture in early Rus, c. 950-1300 PY - 2002 SN - 0521813816 9780521813815 0511045557 9780511045554 0511030258 9780511030253 0511120508 9780511120503 0511021070 9780511021077 9780511496509 0511496508 1280159669 9781280159664 6610159661 9786610159666 1107133416 051114802X 0511305117 9780521129022 0521129028 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Communication and culture KW - Written communication KW - Communication écrite KW - Communication et culture KW - Kievan Rus KW - Russie kiévienne KW - Civilization KW - Civilisation KW - 091 <47> KW - 091 <47> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie KW - Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Rusland. Sovjet-Unie KW - Written communication - Kievan Rus. KW - Communication and culture - Kievan Rus. KW - Culture and communication KW - Culture KW - Written discourse KW - Written language KW - Communication KW - Discourse analysis KW - Language and languages KW - Visual communication KW - Arts and Humanities KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18011756 AB - This book provides a thorough survey and analysis of the emergence and functions of written culture in Rus (covering roughly the modern East Slav lands of European Russia, Ukraine and Belarus). Part I introduces the full range of types of writing: the scripts and languages, the materials, the social and physical contexts, ranging from builders' scratches on bricks through to luxurious parchment manuscripts. Part II presents a series of thematic studies of the 'socio-cultural dynamics' of writing, in order to reveal and explain distinctive features in the Rus assimilation of the technology. The comparative approach means that the book may also serve as a case-study for those with a broader interest either in medieval uses of writing or in the social and cultural history of information technologies. Overall, the impressive scholarship and idiosyncratic wit of this volume commend it to students and specialists in Russian history and literature alike. Awarded the Alec Nove Prize, given by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies for the best book of 2002 in Russian, Soviet or Post-Soviet studies. ER -