Key Quotes: Chapter 1

Question 1

Layering - revisions and reconstructions

Answer 1

“ A palimpsest of unheard sound”

Question 2

Hope - rebellion, resistance

Answer 2

“That talent for insatiability… still in the air, an afterthought.”

Question 3

Dehumanisation - national resources, commodification

Answer 3

“Electric cattle prods”

Question 4

Powerlessness - commodification, transaction, futility

Answer 4

“We still had our bodies. That was our fantasy.”

Question 5

Rebellion - power of language, identity, defiance

Answer 5

“Alma. Janine. Dolores. Moira. June.”