01456nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000082853 StDuBDS 20150804193928.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120418s2006 nyua fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199943371 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS HM1041 .Z47 2006 302.2 23 Zerubavel, Eviatar. The elephant in the room [electronic resource] : silence and denial in everyday life / Eviatar Zerubavel. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 1 online resource (xi, 162 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 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. Description based on print version record. Denial (Psychology) Social aspects. Avoidance (Psychology) Social aspects. Silence. Secrecy. Social psychology. Print version 9780195187175 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195187175.001.0001 37109 37109