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Publication details [#3861]

Goodwin, Marjorie Harness. 1980. 'He-said-she-said': Formal cultural proceedings for the construction of a gossip dispute activity. African Identities 7 : 674–695.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
black child | conversational strategy, L1-acquisition of | dispute, L1-acquisition of | peer group | sex | urban community

Annotation

An analysis of formal cultural procedures utilized by urban black female children to construct a type of gossip dispute they call 'he-said-she-said'.