Organizing silence : a world of possibilities
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Organizing silence : a world of possibilities
（SUNY series in speech communication）（SUNY series in communication studies）
State University of New York Press, c1998
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-240) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Winner of the 2000 Outstanding Book Award presented by the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association
Organizing Silence is a thought-provoking look at how silence is embedded in our language, society, and institutions. It provides an overview of the varied philosophical approaches to understanding the role of silence and communication. One particular view of silence/communication, as grounded in political and patriarchal frameworks, is given special attention. The author questions not only how dominant groups silence marginalized members of society, but also how marginalized groups privilege and abandon each other. Sexual harassment is given as an example of material and discursive practices that articulate both a micro and macro level of silence, and accounts of both women and men who have been sexually harassed are provided. The book provides an alternative aesthetic perspective as a way of understanding the realities we create, encouraging alternative ways to listen to the silence, and presenting novel possibilities for future research.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I
Chapter 1 The First Word Was Silence
Chapter 2 Silencing Communication
Chapter 3 Organizing Silence
Part II
Chapter 4 The Use of Framing Devices to Sequester Organizational Narratives: Hegemony and Harassment
Chapter 5 The Bureaucratization, Commodification, and Privatization of Sexual Harassment through Institutional Discourse: A Study of the "Big Ten" Universities
Chapter 6 Resistance and Oppression as a Self-Contained Opposite: An Organizational Communication Analysis of One Man's Story of Sexual Harassment
Part III
Chapter 7 When Silence Speaks: A Discussion of Self-Contained Opposites
Chapter 8 Artful Practices and the Aesthetic Perspective
Chapter 9 From Whispers to . . .
Notes
References
Appendices
Name Index
Subject Index
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