Description
Book SynopsisHarm takes shape in and through what is suppressed, left out, or taken for granted.This book is a guide tounderstanding and uncovering what is left unsaidwhether concealed or silenced, presupposed or excluded. Drawing on a variety of real-world examples, narrative criminologist Lois Presser outlines how to determine what or who is excluded from textual materials. With strategies that can be added to the tool kits of social researchers and activists alike, Unsaidprovides a richly layered approach to analyzing and dismantling the power structures that both create and arise from what goes without saying.
Trade Review"Presser concedes the impossibility of creating a comprehensive, all-inclusive text in which nothing is left unsaid as she advocates for honest and critical reflection to identify the unspoken assumptions and silenced viewpoints characteristic of all texts." * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsContents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Kept Quiet
2. Too Little or Too Much Said
3. Figurative Expression
4. Missing Subjects
5. The Social Construction of Absences
6. Concluding Remarks: Boundless Texts, Better Worlds
Appendix: A Word on Sampling
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
