TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leslie Boldt
AU  - Corrado Federici
AU  - Ernesto Virgulti
PY  - 2014
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781453912003
TI  - Silence and the Silenced
T2  - Interdisciplinary Perspectives
DO  - 10.3726/978-1-4539-1200-3
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1051406
N2  - Silence and the Silenced: Interdisciplinary Perspectives comprises a collection of essays from North American and European scholars who examine the various ways in which the theme of silence is developed in literary narratives as well as in such visual media as photography, film, painting, and architecture. The questions of silence and the presence or absence of voice are also explored in the arena of performance, with examples relating to pantomime and live installations. As the book title indicates, two fundamental aspects of silence are investigated: silence freely chosen as a means to deepen meditation and inner reflection and silence that is imposed by external agents through various forms of political repression and censorship or, conversely, by the self in an attempt to express revolt or to camouflage shame. The approaches to these questions range from the philosophical and the psychological to the rhetorical and the linguistic. Together, these insightful reflections reveal the complexity and profundity that surround the function of silence and voice in an aesthetic and social context.
KW  - photography, film, painting, architecture, censorship
LA  - English
ER  -