Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 02:42:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Ming the Merciless <scs7891-AT-is2.NYU.EDU> Subject: Re: Silence On Fri, 23 May 1997 brehkopf-AT-nexus.yorku.ca wrote: > Here, he talks about how "Silence may be > a much more interesting way of having a relationship with people," and > silence being "one of those things that has unfortunately been dropped > from our culture." A bit about Romans and Greeks, then he says that he's > "in favor of developing silence as a cultural ethos." (p.4) this reminds me of another one - an old japanese movie i'd seen part of once called, i think, _the island_? in that one the quiet power of endurance is equally male and female, and in fact it's the woman who breaks down and cries near the end, so i guess m.'s got a point. but i wasn't the one who equated silent strength with femininity - of course gender has to do with power, but race- and class-Others have also been served with the stereotype. i find that "we shall overcome" song politically problematic for this reason . . . boy, a lotta good noise about silence! sig http://pages.nyu.edu/~scs7891
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