Daniel Field, James C. Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts. Paperback edition. New Haven: Yale University Press. Most users should sign in with their email address. If you originally registered with a username please use that to sign in.
Domination and the Arts of Resistance : Hidden Transcripts. James C. Peasants, serfs, untouchables, slaves, laborers, and prisoners are not free to speak their minds in the presence of power. These subordinate groups instead create a secret discourse that represents a critique of power spoken behind the backs of the dominant. At the same time, the powerful also develop a private dialogue about practices and goals of their rule that cannot be openly avowed. In this book, renowned social scientist James C.
This is an anthropologist's analysis of what might be a psychological phenomenon. It discusses how in situations where there are dominant and subordinate classes of persons, subordinates have to hide their resentment of the inequality. He talks about safety valves, like anonymous individual acts of resistance, and finally, how someone has to speak truth to power--someone has to declare out loud what is happening.
It is rich in apt evidence and extremely effective and original. Skip to main content. Hidden Transcripts. Description Reviews Awards Table of Contents.