Women's talk?
Subtitle: a social history of "gossip" in working-class neighbourhoods, 1880-1960
By: Melanie Tebbutt.
Publisher: Scolar Press; Ashgate
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Aldershot, England; Brookfield, Vt., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Women -- Social networks -- Great Britain -- History.; Working class women -- Social networks -- Great Britain -- History.; Women -- Great Britain -- Communication -- History.; Gossip -- History.
Description: 'Women's talk' has rarely been seriously considered. In fact, as this study shows, gossip played a central role in working-class women's lives, performing a variety of functions, particularly those associated with the sharing and support networks which are the essence of community and which underpinned life in poor districts. Based entirely on contemporary sources, Women's Talk? is a unique investigation of a little-known and widely misunderstood part of women's history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-200) and index.