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Publication details [#27264]
Bergmann, Jörg. 1993. Discreet indiscretions: The social organization of gossip. Aldine de Gruyter. xi + 206 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
This social scientific study on gossip reviews past theorizing; suggests to consider gossip as communicative genre; examines relations between gossip initiator, recipient and subject; comments on the discrete management of gossip; and proposes a gossiping theory.
