Cultures of Silence

List of Figures; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface: Telling a Story of Silence(s) in Three Parts; Part I: (Embodied) Silence and Memory; 1. Un-Silencing Bodies, Un-Silencing Lives: Artistic (Self-)Decoloniality and Artistic (Self-)Empowerment; 2. The Sound of Silence in the Age of Man; 3. Ecocritical Perspectives on Nuclear Silence: Listening Across Multiple Scales; Part II: (Imposed) Silence and Identity; 4. Burning Silence in the Country House: On Colonial Torcheres at Betler Manor; 5. Queer Silences: Art, Sexuality and Acoustic Neuroma (The Art of Samak Kosem); 6. Silence as a Weapon of Power Within the Context of the Portuguese Dictatorship; 7. [Inaudible]: The Politics of Silence in the Work of Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Gabrielle Goliath; Part III: (Acts Of) Silence and Resistance; 8. Undoing Language: Gender Dissent and The Disquiet of Silence; 9. Rest as Resistance: From Self-Care to Decolonial Narratives; 10. Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 Pandemic: Addressing a Pervasive Public Health Issue Through an Upstream Multi-Systems Approach; Conclusion; 11. On the Subject of Silence; Index