Good gossip /
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| Imprint: | Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c1994. |
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| Description: | vi, 215 p. ; 23 c.m. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1603996 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Robert F. Goodman
- 1. The Vindication of Gossip / Aaron Ben-Ze'ev
- 2. In Praise of Gossip: Indiscretion as a Saintly Virtue / Ronald De Sousa
- 3. Gossip as Moral Talk / Gabriele Taylor
- 4. The Logic of Gossip / Laurence Thomas
- 5. Gossip and Humor / John Morreall
- 6. The Legal Regulation of Gossip: Backyard Chatter and the Mass Media / Robert Post
- 7. Gossip and Privacy / Ferdinand Schoeman
- 8. Knowledge Through the Grapevine: Gossip as Inquiry / Maryann Ayim
- 9. Gossip, or in Praise of Chaos / Lorraine Code
- 10. Gossip: A Feminist Defense / Louise Collins
- 11. Gossip, Reputation, and Social Adaptation / Nicholas Emler
- 12. Used and Abused: Gossip in Medieval Society / Sylvia Schein
- 13. Gossip, Gossipers, Gossipees / Marianne E. Jaeger, Anne A. Skleder, Bruce Rind and Ralph L. Rosnow
- 14. Medical Gossip and Rumor: Their Role in the Lay Referral System / Jerry M. Suls and Franklin Goodkin
- 15. The Tendency to Gossip as a Psychological Disposition: Constructing a Measure and Validating It / Ofra Nevo, Baruch Nevo and Anat Derech-Zehavi.