{"product_id":"disquieting-essays-on-silence-volume-8-paperback","title":"Disquieting: Essays on Silence Volume 8 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCynthia Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow do our bodies speak for us when words don't suffice? How can we make ourselves understood when what we have to say is inarticulable?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDisquieting\u003c\/i\u003e, Cynthia Cruz tarries with others who have provided examples of how to ?turn away, ? or reject the ideologies of contemporary Neoliberal culture. These essays inhabit connections between silence, refusal, anorexia, mental illness, and Neoliberalism. Cruz also explores the experience of being working-class and poor in contemporary culture, and how those who are silenced often turn to forms of disquietude that value open-endedness, complexity, and difficulty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisquieting: Essays on Silence\u003c\/i\u003e draws on philosophy, theory, art, film, and literature to offer alternative ways of being in this world and possibilities for building a new one.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCYNTHIA CRUZ\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Germany and grew up in Northern California. She is the author of four previous collection of poems. Her fifth collection is \u003ci\u003eDregs \u003c\/i\u003e(Four Way Books, 2018). The editor of a new anthology of contemporary Latina poetry, \u003ci\u003eOther Musics\u003c\/i\u003e, forthcoming in 2019, Cruz is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and a Hodder fellowship from Princeton University. She lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47570071159005,"sku":"9781771664356","price":23.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/tsPJwZvm7m9781771664356.webp?v=1773349385","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/disquieting-essays-on-silence-volume-8-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}