Gossip, Epistemology, and Power Knowledge Underground
This book explains how gossip contributes to knowledge. Karen Adkins marshals scholarship and case studies spanning centuries and disciplines to show that although gossip is a constant activity in human history, it has rarely been studied as a source of k
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KAREN ADKINS
Gossip, Epistemology, and Power
Karen Adkins
Gossip, Epistemology, and Power Knowledge Underground
Karen Adkins Regis University Denver, Colorado, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-47839-5 ISBN 978-3-319-47840-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47840-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016963733 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Schandmaske mit Narrenkraut (Abbildung), provided by Kriminalmuseum in Rothenburg ab der Tauber Cover design by Henry Petrides Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Contents
1 Introduction: Some Loose Talk About Gossip 1 1.1 What We Talk About When We Talk About Gossip 7 1.2 A Gossip Agenda 12 2 Gossip’s Bad Reputation 19 2.1 Gossip’s Pre-History, or Grooming and Intimacy 20 2.2 The Fall of Gossip 23 2.3 Small Talk 28 2.4 Slam Books or Malicious Gossip 36 2.5 Mean Girls: The Gendering of Gossip 39 2.6 What Is Left Unsaid 41 3 The Word On the Street: Gossip’s Contributions to Knowledge 51 3.1 Gossip as Selection 60 3.2 Gossip as Synthesis 64 3.3 Evaluating Gossip as Knowledge 69 3.4 Epistemic Imagination and Subversion in Gossip 73 4 Failure to Communicate: Gossip as Institutional Conflict 77 4.1 Perestroika 82 4.2 The Pluralist’s Guide 83
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4.3 Institutional Responses and Invisible Gossip 87 4.4 The Power of Invisible Gossip 93 5 Rumors Help the Enemy! Gossip in Politics 107 5.1 Gossip as Surprise: Gary Hart112 5.2 Gossip in Politics: The Long View115 5.3 Gossip in the 1980s: The Wide View119 5.4 Gossip at the Center: Bil
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