num_pages: 384
description: From Jeannette Walls, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle , now a major motion picture, comes an incisive study of our obsession with gossip. "A fascinating, dishy story." - Booklist Gossip . It's more than just hearsay, society columns, and supermarket tabloids. It has, like it or not, become a mainstay of American pop culture. In  Dish,  industry insider Jeannette Walls gives this provocative subject its due, offering a comprehensive, serious exploration of gossip and its social, historical, and political significance. Examining the topic from the inside out, Walls looks at the players; the origins of gossip, from birth of People magazine to the death of Lady Di; and how technology including the Internet will continue to change the face gossip. As compelling and seductive as its subject matter,  Dish  brilliantly reveals the fascinating inner workings of a phenomenon that is definitely here to stay.
language: English
title: Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show
titlecomplete: Dish: How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show
genres: Pop Culture, Nonfiction, Biography, Cultural, Psychology, Sociology, History, Memoir
ratings_count: 668
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks