Queer Silence : On Disability and Rhetorical Absence Style:Paperback Reunited with her beloved cousin

Reunited with her beloved cousin

their feelings for each other begin to change

She’s hardworking and obsessive

and before he was an acclaimed recording artist

Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go

Queer Silence : On Disability and Rhetorical Absence Style:Paperback Reunited with her beloved cousinBy: J. Logan Smigles In queer culture, silence has been equated with voicelessness, complicity, and even death. Queer Silence insists, however, that silence can be a generative and empowering mode of survival. Triangulating insights from queer studies, disability studies, and rhetorical studies, J. Logan Smilges explores what silence can mean for people whose bodyminds signify more powerfully than their words. Queer Silence begins by historicizing