Organizing silence : a world of possibilities

Organizing silence : a world of possibilities / Robin Patric Clair.

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 po...

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Main Author: Clair, Robin Patric (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Series:SUNY series in communication studies.
Subjects:
Silence.
Communication.
Sexual harassment.
Communication in organizations.
Resistance (Psychoanalysis)
Aesthetics.
Misinformation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
Aesthetics
Communication
Communication in organizations
Sexual harassment
Silence
Schweigen
Kommunikation
Nichtverbale Kommunikation
Sexuelle Belästigung
Kommunikation.
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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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