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Dissenting Lives (Paperback)
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Dissenting Lives (Paperback)
Series: Life Writing
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This collection brings together a series of essays that combine the
public and private nature of dissent, stories of dissent that
encapsulate the mood of an historical or cultural period, or of a
society. Dissent is most memorable when it is public, explosive,
dramatically enacted. Yet quiet dissent is no less effective as a
methodical unstitching of social and political mores, rules and
regulations. Success depends, perhaps, less on intensity than on
determination, on patience as much as courage. Moreover, although
many persistent dissenters often gain an iconic status, most live
dissent in the fabric of their ordinary lives. Some combine both.
Imprisoned at Robben Island for 27 years, his image and voice
erased from the print media or airwaves, Nelson Mandela remained
even in jail one of the most powerful agents of dissent in South
African society until his freedom in 1990. Deep connections, deep
commitment, profoundly personal convictions and courageous public
dissent are some of the threads that bind together this diverse and
exciting collection of essays. Alone, each essay explores dissent
and consent in stimulating and distinct ways; together, they speak
both of the effects of dissent and consent and of their affective
energies and potential. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Life Writing.
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