When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in American History

by Jennifer Frost and Kathleen A. Feeley

Book Overview

Gossip is one of the most common, and most condemned, forms of discourse in which we engage - even as it is often absorbing and socially significant, it is also widely denigrated. This volume examines fascinating moments in the history of gossip in America, from witchcraft trials to People magazine, helping us to see the subject with new eyes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349495026
• ISBN13: 9781349495023
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"