Scribbling Through History: Graffiti, Places and People from Antiquity to Modernity 9781474288811, 9781474288828, 9781474288835, 1474288839

Table of contents :
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Introduction
Modern echoes of ancient practices
Impetus for a book on graffiti throughout history
What graffiti are: an (im)possible defi nition
Common paths and threads of discussion: graffiti as social and cultural practices
From landscapes to the written page
Section One Graffiti and the Landscape
Introduction: Graffiti and the Landscape
1 The Scribes' Cave: Graffiti and the Production of Social Space in Ancient Egypt circa 1500 bc. Ancient Egypt: an epigraphic cultureThe graffiti within the Scribes' Cave2
Scribal identity
The graphic performance
A social place: worldly and divine ties
Conclusion
2 Christian Graffiti in Egypt: Case Studieson the Theban Mountain
Christian remains in the Theban area
Social competition in the Theban area
The journey of a Coptic priest in the Theban Mountain
Cryptography and hidden texts
Conclusions
3 Graffiti or Monument? Inscription of Place at Anatolian Rock Reliefs
Introduction: monuments and graffiti
Rock monuments of Anatolia
Rock monuments in the Land of Mira. Suratkaya in the Land of Mira: a sacred mountain and its inscriptionsConclusions
4 Tweets from Antiquity: Literacy, Graffiti, and Their Uses in the Towns and Deserts of Ancient Arabia
Graffiti and the uses of literacy
Graffiti in a non-literate society
Graffiti clusters in the desert
Graffiti in a literate society: Nabataean
Graffiti clusters among the settled peoples
Conclusions
5 Gezi Graffiti: Shout-outs to Resistance and Rebellion in Contemporary Turkey
Introduction
A 'peppered' lingo: youths and soccer fans
Çapulcus, whirling dervishes, and media lies
Nazi allegories. 'The Struggle Goes On'Section Two Graffiti and the Wall
Introduction: Graffiti and the Wall
6 Gladiators, Greetings and Poetry: Graffiti in First Century Pompeii
The cultural practice of writing graffiti
Gladiators
Greetings
Poetry
Conclusions
7 A New Look at Maya Graffiti from Tikal
Context
Style and subject
Ruler and Protector theme
Form and meaning
Classic Maya satire
8 Visitors' Inscriptions in the Memphite Pyramid Complexes in Ancient Egypt (c .1543-1292 bc)1
Memphite graffiti makers: staff, visitors and others
Where Memphite graffiti are written. Motives for writing on the wall in the west of MemphisMemphite graffiti as a material practice
Conclusions
9 Carving Lines and Shaping Monuments: Mortuary Graffiti and Jews in the Ancient Mediterranean
Graffiti and Jews in the ancient Mediterranean
Definitions and method
Case studies from Beit Shearim
Assessment
Section Three Graffiti and the Written Page
Introduction: Graffiti and the Written Page
10 Verses on Walls in Medieval China
A dying woman
Rage at dynastic defeat
A philosopher shares his self-doubt
Women caught in the Mongol invasion
11 Graffiti and the Medieval Margin.

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