Utter Silence
Subtitle: Voicing the Unspeakable
Contributors: Alice Mills (Editor); Jeremy Smith (Editor)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: February 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780820451138
Subjects: Gay & Lesbian; Literature - Classics / Criticism; 20th century; History and criticism; Literature, Modern; Taboo in literature; Literary Criticism
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET.