Author

Publication

2004-08-25 - Southern Illinois University

Language

English

Word Count

55,250 words, Guess

Page Count

221 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004001932
  • Goodreads643428
  • LibraryThing634421

Classifications

  • LCCBJ1499.S5 G54 2004

Description

N our talkative Western culture, speech is synonymous with authority and influence while silence is frequently misheard as passive agreement when it often signifies much more. In her groundbreaking exploration of silence as a significant rhetorical art, Cheryl Glenn articulates the ways in which tactical silence can be as expressive and strategic an instrument of human communication as speech itself. Drawing from linguistics, phenomenology, feminist studies, anthropology, ethnic studies, and literary analysis, Unspoken: A Rhetoric of Silence theorizes both a cartography and grammar of silence. By mapping the range of spaces silence inhabits, Glenn offers a new interpretation of its complex variations and uses.

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  • UnspokenPaperbackSouthern Illinois University2004-08-25

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