Discreet Indiscretions

Author : Jörg R. Bergmann
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0202365549

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Discreet Indiscretions by Jörg R. Bergmann Pdf

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 several kinds of terrain: the sociology of language, the sociology of knowledge, and the sociology of culture. It rests on widespread individual observations on gossip in the existing literature of social science and on the investigation of real gossip recorded in conversations in the field, and reproduced here as transcribed segments. By exploring the complex relations of friendship and loyalty with respect to transmitting knowledge about the personal affairs of others, he develops his thesis: that gossip should be defined not as a control mechanism, but rather as the social organization of discreet indiscretions.

Author : Jorg R. Bergmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3110142058

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Discreet Indiscretions by Jorg R. Bergmann Pdf

Author : Jörg R. Bergmann
Publisher : Aldine De Gruyter
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0202304671

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Discreet Indiscretions by Jörg R. Bergmann Pdf

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 several kinds of terrain: the sociology of language, the sociology of knowledge, and the sociology of culture. It rests on widespread individual observations on gossip in the existing literature of social science and on the investigation of real gossip recorded in conversations in the field, and reproduced here as transcribed segments. By exploring the complex relations of friendship and loyalty with respect to transmitting knowledge about the personal affairs of others, he develops his thesis: that gossip should be defined not as a control mechanism, but rather as the social organization of discreet indiscretions.

Author : Pieter Botha
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621899037

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Orality and Literacy in Early Christianity by Pieter Botha Pdf

The history of the Jesus movement and earliest Christianity requires careful attention to the characteristics and peculiarities of oral and literate traditions. Understanding the distinctive elements of Greco-Roman literacy potentially has profound implications for the historical understanding of the documents and events involved. Concepts such as media criticism, orality, manuscript culture, scribal writing, and performative reading are explored in these chapters. The scene of Greco-Roman literacy is analyzed by investigating writing and reading practices. These aspects are then related to early Christian texts such as the Gospel of Mark and sections from Paul's letters.

Author : John DeLamater
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387369211

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Handbook of Social Psychology by John DeLamater Pdf

Psychology, focusing on processes that occur inside the individual and Sociology, focusing on social collectives and social institutions, come together in Social Psychology to explore the interface between the two fields. The core concerns of social psychology include the impact of one individual on another; the impact of a group on its individual members; the impact of individuals on the groups in which they participate; the impact of one group on another. This book is a successor to Social Psychology: Social Perspectives and Sociological Perspectives in Social Psychology. The current text expands on previous handbooks in social psychology by including recent developments in theory and research and comprehensive coverage of significant theoretical perspectives.

Author : Allan Hugh Cole
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802840028

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From Midterms to Ministry by Allan Hugh Cole Pdf

The distinguished contributors to this volume -- ministers, scholars, and theological educators -- share personal reflections on the sometimes-difficult transition from being a seminarian to becoming a minister. Based on their own life experiences, they address the two related but different "worlds" of theological school and ministry settings, each with its own set of expectations, values, challenges, focal points, and rewards.Contributors: Wallace M. Alston Jr. Ray S. Anderson M. Craig Barnes Elizabeth F. Caldwell Allan Hugh Cole Jr. Pamela D. Couture Kathy Dawson Carrie Doehring Michael Jinkins L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones James F. Kay Cleophus J. LaRue Thomas G. Long Loren B. Mead Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Earl F. Palmer Stephanie Paulsell Anthony B. Robinson Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer Theodore J. Wardlaw Traci C. West William H. Willimon J. Philip Wogaman Karen Marie Yust

Author : Barbara J. Blodgett
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451404128

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Lives Entrusted by Barbara J. Blodgett Pdf

Behind all the issues of ministerial conduct and character lies a simple reality. The heart of ministerial ethics and integrity, argues Barbara Blodgett, is trust - trust expected, trust earned, trust practiced. In Lives Entrusted, Blodgett shows how trust is not an emotion or intention but a transaction. People entrust each other with things they value, and that interaction endows a relationship, which in turn helps to create community. Trust, however, is undermined by a number of trust-busters common in the church, including secrecy, auditing, gossip, and b.s. By focusing on crucial practices of trust-identified in terms of risk, vulnerability, and power-Blodgett shows us how we may practice better trust and thus create a unique new framework for ministerial identity and ethics.

Author : Andrea McDonnell,Adam Silver
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031151194

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A Gossip Politic by Andrea McDonnell,Adam Silver Pdf

This book makes explicit the historical, technological, and discursive links between gossip as a mode of communication, news media, and contemporary politics. A Gossip Politic advances a new framework of gossip, applying the informal understanding of the term to news talk and political actors. Authored by esteemed scholars in the fields of Political Science, Media Studies, Linguistics, and Sociology, chapters consider the influence of gossip on the press, the American presidency, and the public. A Gossip Politic provides readers with a multi-faceted portrait of the ways in which gossip has influenced media history, shaped our understanding of democracy, and contributed to our current political landscape.

Author : Emily Cockayne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780198795056

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Penning Poison by Emily Cockayne Pdf

Accusatory, libellous, or just bizarre, Penning Poison unveils the history of anonymous letter-writing. 'er at number 14 is dirty Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces the stories of such letters to all corners of English society over the period 1760-1939. She uncovers scandal, deception, class enmity, personal tragedy, and great loneliness. Some messages were accusatory, some libellous, others bizarre. Technology, new postal networks, forensic techniques, and the emergence of professional police all influence the phenomenon of poison letter campaigns. This book puts the letters back into their local and psychology context, extending the work of detectives, to discover who may have written them and why. Emily Cockayne explores the reasons and motivations for the creation and delivery of these missives and the effect on recipients - with some blasé, others driven to madness. Small communities hit by letter campaigns became places of suspicion and paranoia. By examining the ways in which these letters spread anxiety in the past Penning Poison grapples with the question of how nasty messages can turn into an epidemic. The book recovers many lost stories about how we used to write to one another, finding that perhaps the anxieties of our internet age are not as new as we think.

Author : Kathleen Feeley,Jennifer Frost
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137442307

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When Private Talk Goes Public by Kathleen Feeley,Jennifer Frost Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew McKinlay,Chris McVittie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781444303100

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Social Psychology and Discourse by Andrew McKinlay,Chris McVittie Pdf

A unique and creative textbook that introduces the 'discursiveturn' to a new generation of students, Social Psychology andDiscourse summarizes and evaluates the current state-of-the-artin social psychology. Using the explanatory framework found intypical texts, it provides unparallel coverage on DiscourseAnalytic Psychology in a format that is immediately familiar toundergraduate readers. A timely overview of the breadth and depth of discourseresearch, ideal for undergraduates and also a great resource forpostgraduate research students embarking on a discursiveproject No other text offers the same range of coverage - from the coretopics of social cognition, attitudes, prejudice and relationshipsto lesser known areas such as small group phenomena Includes a host of student-friendly features such as chapteroutlines, key terms, a glossary, activity questions, classicstudies and further reading

Author : Charlie T. McCormick Ph.D.,Kim Kennedy White
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1396 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781598842425

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Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art, [3 volumes] by Charlie T. McCormick Ph.D.,Kim Kennedy White Pdf

Written by an international team of acclaimed folklorists, this reference text provides a cross-cultural survey of the major types and methods of inquiry in folklore. Did you know that the tale of Cinderella is over 1,000 years old, and similar versions of this singular story exist in hundreds of cultures around the globe? Have you heard of "deathlore," a subgenre of folklore involving tombstones, coffins, cemeteries, and roadside memorial shrines? Did you realize that UFO sightings and cyber cultures constitute modern folklore? The broad field of folklore studies, developed over the past two centuries, provides significant insights into many aspects of human culture. While the term "folklore" conjures images of ancient practices and beliefs or folk heroes and traditional stories, it also applies to today's ever-changing cultural landscape. Even certain aspects of modern Internet-based popular culture and contemporary rites of passage represent folklore. This encyclopedia covers all the major genres of both ancient and contemporary folklore. This second edition adds more than 100 entries that examine the folklore practices of major ethnic groups, folk heroes, creatures of myth and legend, and emerging areas of interest in folklore studies.

Author : David Herman,Manfred Jahn,Marie-Laure Ryan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1327 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134458394

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Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory by David Herman,Manfred Jahn,Marie-Laure Ryan Pdf

The past several decades have seen an explosion of interest in narrative, with this multifaceted object of inquiry becoming a central concern in a wide range of disciplinary fields and research contexts. As accounts of what happened to particular people in particular circumstances and with specific consequences, stories have come to be viewed as a basic human strategy for coming to terms with time, process, and change. However, the very predominance of narrative as a focus of interest across multiple disciplines makes it imperative for scholars, teachers, and students to have access to a comprehensive reference resource.

Author : Gareth J. Southwell
Publisher : WoodPig Press
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781739300562

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Mr Wolf by Gareth J. Southwell Pdf

Merrywhile is dead. Long live Merrywhile! With the company in crisis and her boss absconded, Dr Geraldine Andersen struggles to get Project MUNKi back on track. But while her efforts to build the world’s most advanced toy robot flounder, she is approached by an old friend in need of a favour. A friend whose paralysed, locked-in son is being charged with murder – of his own father. Can Gerry help prove his innocence? But the deeper she digs, the more puzzling things become. For all families have secrets – and this one most of all. Mr Wolf is a near-future sci-fi whodunnit, an insight into the politics of Italian refuse collection, and a cautionary tale about the lengths to which we will go to protect the things we love.

Author : Charles Bazerman
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781602354807

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A Theory of Literate Action by Charles Bazerman Pdf

A Theory of Literate Action makes a significant contribution to the field and enriches and deepens our perspectives on writing by drawing together such varied and wide-ranging approaches from social theory and the social sciences—from psychology, to phenomenology, to pragmatics—and demonstrating their relevance to writing studies.