5000 Years of Popular Culture - Popular Culture Before Printing
by Fred E. Schroeder, Darrel W. Amundsen & Doran Ross, Gerald Erickson & Stephen Benko, Steve Overhelman & Tim Lally, Pierre Boglioni & Ronald Marchese, Klaus P. Jankofsky & Peter Klassen, Joseph J. Hayes & David Gerald Orr, Frederick O. Waage & John Frye, Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Wilson Strand & Stephen Benko
Before printing reshaped communication, people created and shared culture through other means. This interdisciplinary volume examines popular culture across a broad span of history, gathering scholarly contributions that place pre-print cultural practices within a larger story of human expression, communication, and social life.
About This Book
5000 Years of Popular Culture - Popular Culture Before Printing examines popular culture in the long period preceding the widespread use of print.
Drawing on contributions from multiple authors, the volume presents an interdisciplinary approach to cultural history and communication.
Its focus is on understanding how culture developed and circulated before modern printed media transformed access to information.
The book offers a broad scholarly perspective for readers interested in history, anthropology, cultural studies, and the evolution of media.
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