Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East

Name: Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near East
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Registers and Modes of Communication in the Ancient Near EastGetting the Message Across\nAuthor(s): Kyle H. Keimer, Gillan Davis\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367594633, 978-0367594633\nSynopsis\nIt is the quintessential nature of humans to communicate with each other. Good communications, bad communications, miscommunications, or no communications at all have driven everything from world events to the most mundane of interactions. At the broadest level, communication entails many registers and modes: verbal, iconographic, symbolic, oral, written, and performed. Relationships and identities real and fictive arise from communication, but how and why were they effected and how should they be understood? The chapters in this volume address some of the registers and modes of communication in the ancient Near East. Particular focuses are imperial and court communications between rulers and ruled, communications .