Silence and Free Speech (separate requests)

[Woolard, Kathryn]

I don't think anyone's mentioned the classic work:

Keith Basso, 1970  "To give up on words: Silence in Western Apache
culture."

Anthologized more than once, I imagine, but I believe the original was in
SW J. of Anthropology.



Kit W.




On 10/19/13 2:12 AM, "Smith, Andrea L" <smithal at LAFAYETTE.EDU> wrote:

>There is a great edited volume on silence that your student might enjoy:
>
>Perspectives on Silence, ed. by Deborah Tannen and Muriel Saville-Troike.
>Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
>
>Best, Andrea Smith
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alejandro Paz" <alejandro.paz at UTORONTO.CA>
>To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:24:50 PM
>Subject: Silence and Free Speech (separate requests)
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>I have two separate requests for references from a student and a
>colleague, which you may perhaps be able to help me with.
>
>First is work on silence. I know articles by Sue Gal and Norma
>Mendoza-Denton, as well as Richard Bauman's book on the Quakers.
>Anything you recommend apart from that?
>
>The second is work on "free speech." Here, nothing came directly to mind
>on that topic. Although related would be stuff on public oratory and
>public spheres, especially in democratic polities, and then of course on
>censorship (like Domenic Boyer's article). So any suggestions here on
>"free speech" or on "censorship" appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>Alejandro
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>Alejandro Paz
>Assistant Professor of Anthropology
>University of Toronto Scarborough
>Graduate Depts of Anthropology and Linguistics
>University of Toronto
>-----------------------------------------------------
>
>-- 
>Andrea Smith, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor
>Department of Anthropology and Sociology
>Lafayette College
>Easton, PA 18042