Scribbling Through History : Graffiti, Places and People from Antiquity to Modernity.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: Graffiti and the Landscape -- Introduction -- 1. The Scribes' Cave: Graffiti and the Production of Social Space in Ancient Egypt circa 1500 BC -- 2. Christian Graffiti in Egypt: Case Studies on the Theban Mountain -- 3 Graffiti or Monument? Inscription of Place at Anatolian Rock Reliefs -- 4. Tweets from Antiquity: Literacy, Graffiti, and their Uses in the Towns and Deserts of Ancient Arabia -- 5. Gezi Graffiti: Shout-outs to Resistance and Rebellion in Contemporary Turkey -- Section 2: Graffiti and the Wall -- Introduction -- 6. Gladiators, Greetings and Poetry: Graffiti in First Century Pompeii -- 7. A New Look at Maya Graffiti from Tikal -- 8. Visitors' Inscriptions in the Memphite Pyramid Complexes of Ancient Egypt (c. 1543-1292 BC) -- 9. Carving Lines and Shaping Monuments: Mortuary Graffiti and Jews in the Ancient Mediterranean -- Section 3: Graffiti and the Written Page -- Introduction -- 10. Verses on Walls in Medieval China -- 11. Graffiti and the Medieval Margin -- 12. Graffiti under Control: Annotation Practices in Social Book Platforms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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