Can the Subaltern speak? “The subaltern cannot speak”, means that even if the subaltern undertakes every effort in order to speak, she or he is not able to make her voice heard – and only the combination of speaking and listening completes a speech act …
Gayatri Chakravorti Spivak, Can the Subaltern speak?, 1985 # 34
I speak because they listen
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