Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics 9780824862695
Although gossip is disapproved of across the world’s societies, it is a prominent feature of sociality, whose role in th
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English Pages 264 Year 2009
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Orthography and Transcription Conventions
1. Gossip, Hegemony, Agency
2. The World from a Cooking Hut
3 .Hierarchy and Egalitarianism
4. Morality and the Structure of Gossip
5. The Twenty-Dollar Piglets
6 .The Two Widows
7. Sorcery and Ambition
8. Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics
Notes
References
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Orthography and Transcription Conventions
1. Gossip, Hegemony, Agency
2. The World from a Cooking Hut
3 .Hierarchy and Egalitarianism
4. Morality and the Structure of Gossip
5. The Twenty-Dollar Piglets
6 .The Two Widows
7. Sorcery and Ambition
8. Gossip and the Everyday Production of Politics
Notes
References
Index
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- Niko Besnier
