The Power of Silence Betsy Draine historical and social perspectives

historical and social perspectives

reflecting their beliefs and acting as a sounding board for their concerns

< "This book empowers the powerless and gives sociologists and their students a new vantage point for understanding

and for formulating and evaluating new political strategies

classroom activities

The Power of Silence Betsy Draine historical and social perspectivesThis book provides a theoretical account of a variety of different communicative aspects of silence and explores new ways of studying socially motivated language. A research overview shows the influence of related work in the fields of media studies, politics, gender studies, aesthetics and literature. The author argues that in theoretically pragmatic terms, silence can be accounted for by the same principles as those of speech. A later, more applied