The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk
Silence is often the most powerful form of communication and it is silence that still dominates the homes of Holocaust survivors and their families, even after half a century. Through interviews with children of survivors, this book explores communication in survivor families from the perspective of the postwar generation. Explaining the effects of trauma on communication, this book offers an understanding of the language of silence that often becomes the first step to healing. This book also touches on different types of trauma, such as the loss of a family member and survivors of child abuse.
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The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk
Silence is often the most powerful form of communication and it is silence that still dominates the homes of Holocaust survivors and their families, even after half a century. Through interviews with children of survivors, this book explores communication in survivor families from the perspective of the postwar generation. Explaining the effects of trauma on communication, this book offers an understanding of the language of silence that often becomes the first step to healing. This book also touches on different types of trauma, such as the loss of a family member and survivors of child abuse.
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The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk

The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk

by Ruth Wajnryb
The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk

The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk

by Ruth Wajnryb

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Overview

Silence is often the most powerful form of communication and it is silence that still dominates the homes of Holocaust survivors and their families, even after half a century. Through interviews with children of survivors, this book explores communication in survivor families from the perspective of the postwar generation. Explaining the effects of trauma on communication, this book offers an understanding of the language of silence that often becomes the first step to healing. This book also touches on different types of trauma, such as the loss of a family member and survivors of child abuse.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781741151220
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited
Publication date: 09/01/2002
Sold by: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
File size: 468 KB

About the Author

Ruth Wajnryb grew up in a home of Holocaust survivors, living in silence as her parents strove to reconstruct their lives in the wake of a nightmare that could not be talked about. She is an applied linguist, researcher, and writer with nearly 30 years of experience teaching language and education.
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