Women's Talk
A Social History of Gossip
Published on 22. January 2009
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7185-1370-2 (ISBN)
Description
Women's talk has traditionally been denigrated as an inferior form of conversation, lacking the significance of men's words. In fact, as this study shows, gossip played a central role in working class women's lives, performing a variety of functions, particularly those associated with the sharing and support networks which are the essence of community and which underpinned life in poor districts. Based entirely on contemporary sources, this is a study of a little-known and widely misunderstood part of women's history.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
notes, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7185-1370-2 (9780718513702)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
"The whisper of devilish tongues" - women's words corrupted; the gossip exchange in working class neighbourhoods; the limits of mental and social space; family and street tensions; neighbourhood networks in decline.