Offers a history of silence as a powerful shaper of the human mind, specifically in Eastern State Penitentiary and the monastic world of Medieval Europe.
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Another "dazzling epic" from the author of Brilliant, exploring an overlooked yet elemental force in our lives--silence--from contemporary Cistercian monks to an extraordinary 19th-century prison. *Lev Grossman, Time
Through her evocative intertwined histories of the penitentiary and the monastery, Jane Brox illuminates the many ways silence is far more complex than any absolute; how it has influenced ideas of the self, soul, and society. Brox traces its place as a transformative power in th…
This edited book examines silence and silencing in and out of discourse, as viewed through a variety of contexts such as historical archives, day-to-day conversations, modern poetry, creative writing clubs, and visual novels, among others. The contributions engage with the histo…
This edited book examines silence and silencing in and out of discourse, as viewed through a variety of contexts such as historical archives, day-to-day conversations, modern poetry, creative writing clubs, and visual novels, among others. The contributions engage with the histo…
Introduction: a turn to silence / Amy Jo Murray and Kevin Durrheim -- Literal and metaphorical silences in rhetoric : examples from the celebration of the 1974 revolution in the Portuguese parliament / Michael Billig and Cristina Marinho -- Seeing silenced agendas in medical int…
Qualitative Studies of Silence brings together influential qualitative researchers from across the social sciences and humanities who have sought to understand the power of what remains unsaid, both psychologically and socially. Each chapter identifies one or more signs of silen…
Qualitative Studies of Silence brings together influential qualitative researchers from across the social sciences and humanities who have sought to understand the power of what remains unsaid, both psychologically and socially. Each chapter identifies one or more signs of silen…
