The elephant in the room [electronic resource] : silence and denial in everyday life / Eviatar Zerubavel. Zerubavel, Eviatar. Denial (Psychology) Social aspects. Avoidance (Psychology) Social aspects. Silence. Secrecy. Social psychology. HM1041 .Z47 2006 302.2 23 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Description based on print version record. This illuminating look at the social roots of silence and denial underscores the social dynamics that keep certain things 'hidden in plain sight'. The author shows how such conspiracies of silence evolve, how people's involvement relate to others and how power differences between people impact on them. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006. 2006 Text 1 online resource (xi, 162 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195187175.001.0001 eng