Download or read book When Private Talk Goes Public written by Kathleen Feeley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.