Utter Silence explores the shifting boundaries of the unspeakable in twentieth-century Western culture. The contributors probe such taboos as the Holocaust, Marx' legacy, bulimia, and tuberculosis in the context of literature and the picture story book, TV and film, social knowledge, and political science. Charting the unspeakable across disciplines, the contributors give voice to its fear, horror, and joy.
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Utter Silence explores the shifting boundaries of the unspeakable in twentieth-century Western culture. The contributors probe such taboos as the Holocaust, Marx' legacy, bulimia, and tuberculosis in the context of literature and the picture story book, TV and film, social knowledge, and political science. Charting the unspeakable across disciplines, the contributors give voice to its fear, horror, and joy.
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Publisher:
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published:
2001
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10620955459
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Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. 2001 hardcover published without jacket/ex-library with usual markings/clean & unmarked text. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 264 p. Bochum Publications in Evolutionary Cultural Semiotics, 59.