rhetoric; disability studies; queer studies; silence; J. Logan Smilges; absence
Abstract :
[en] Smilges’ Queer Silence takes as a starting point the postulate that there is meaning and power in what generally evades our senses: ‘what remains undone, unseen, unheard, and untouched,’ Smilges argues, can be both ‘transformative and world-building’ (Smilges, 2022, p. 3). Queer Silence, therefore, does not merely stand at the crossroads of rhetorical theory, disability studies, and queer studies, but challenges these fields’ fundamental premises.
Research Center/Unit :
Leuven Center for Health Humanities Leuven English Literature Research Group Leuven Cultural Studies Research Group Leuven Literary and Cultural Studies Research Unit
Disciplines :
Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Lombard, David ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction > Littérature anglaise moderne et littérature américaine
Language :
English
Title :
Smilges, J. L. (2022). Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Review by David Lombard
Original title :
[en] Smilges, J. L. (2022). Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Review by David Lombard
Publication date :
30 June 2025
Journal title :
DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies
ISSN :
2593-0273
eISSN :
2593-0281
Publisher :
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Pages :
119-121
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Reviewed work :
Smilges, J. L. (2022). Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
