In the Absence of Bombs: Art, War, and Silence social engagement and maintenance: from traces of

and maintenance: from traces of moving sands in Lefkada island to mirror postwar developments in Delos and Mykonos islands

Kris Dittel

Darkly glamorous and ferociously erotic

the enemy is listening”

Following a long lineage of Black feminist and feminist of color critiques of the university

In the Absence of Bombs: Art, War, and Silence social engagement and maintenance: from traces ofWhat happens when violence unfolds before our eyes, yet responses hesitate and waver? When institutionspolitical, academic, culturalretreat into silence, and even committed artists falter in the face of war? In the Absence of Bombs investigates this silence. In a time when horror is livestreamed and apathy is institutionalized, this book asks how such paralysis is possibleand how art can contribute to recognition of the unfolding crimes against