The elephant in the room
Subtitle: silence and denial in everyday life
By: Eviatar Zerubavel.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780195187175
Subjects: Denial (Psychology) -- Social aspects; Avoidance (Psychology) -- Social aspects; Silence; Secrecy; Social psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A conspiracy of silence; title: The rules of denial; title: The politics of denial; title: The social structure of denial; title: Breaking the silence; title: Some things are better left unsaid; title: The trouble with elephants.