TY  - BOOK
N2  - The author "proposes that alphabetic literacy--the process of reading itself--fundamentally rewired the human brain, with profound consequences for culture, history, and religion. ... Shlain argues that, with the advent of literacy, the very act of reading an alphabet reinforced the brain's left hemisphere--linear, abstract, predominantly masculine--at the expense of the right--holistic, concrete, visual, feminine. ... [This book] tracks the correlations between the rise and fall of literacy and the changing status of women in society, mythology, and religions throughout European history, and in other cultures as well."--Jacket.
AB  - The author "proposes that alphabetic literacy--the process of reading itself--fundamentally rewired the human brain, with profound consequences for culture, history, and religion. ... Shlain argues that, with the advent of literacy, the very act of reading an alphabet reinforced the brain's left hemisphere--linear, abstract, predominantly masculine--at the expense of the right--holistic, concrete, visual, feminine. ... [This book] tracks the correlations between the rise and fall of literacy and the changing status of women in society, mythology, and religions throughout European history, and in other cultures as well."--Jacket.
T1  - The alphabet versus the goddess :the conflict between word and image /
DA  - 1998.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Shlain, Leonard.
CN  - P211.7
CN  - P211.7
PB  - Viking,
PP  - New York :
PY  - 1998.
ID  - 433926
KW  - Written communication
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Alphabet
KW  - Language and culture.
KW  - Patriarchy.
KW  - Misogyny.
SN  - 0670878839 (alk. paper)
SN  - 9780670878833 (alk. paper)
TI  - The alphabet versus the goddess :the conflict between word and image /
ER  -