Discreet indiscretions : the social organization of gossip / Jörg R. Bergmann ; translated by John...
Discreet indiscretions : the social organization of gossip / Jörg R. Bergmann ; translated by John...
Discreet indiscretions : the social organization of gossip / Jörg R. Bergmann ; translated by John Bednarz, Jr., with the assistance of Eva Kafka Barron.
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New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c1993.
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N302.224/2
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English
German
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xi, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Thomas Luckmann -- 1. The Everyday Understanding of Gossip as a Social Scientific Resource -- 2. Gossip as a Reconstructive Genre of Everyday Communication -- 3. The Gossip Triad -- 4. The Gossip Sequence -- 5. Toward a Theory of Gossiping.
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New York : Aldine de Gruyter, c1993.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1993.
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Although discourse theory tends to draw upon lofty examples, Discreet Indiscretions draws instead on one many consider inconsequential. Bergmann treats daily gossip, both friendly and malicious, as the genre of everyday communication and thereby in need of serious analysis. Utilizing discourse theory and ethnomethodology, this study shifts among se...
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Discreet indiscretions : the social organization of gossip / Jörg R. Bergmann ; translated by John Bednarz, Jr., with the assistance of Eva Kafka Barron.
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Communication and social order.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-202) and index.
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c1993.
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N302.224/2
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74VKKjGW7rQd
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0202304671 (acid-free paper)
9780202304601 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0202304604 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780202304670 (acid-free paper)
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302.224
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991021977269702626
