Eavesdropping
Subtitle: an intimate history
By: John L. Locke
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780191576195; 9780199236138
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Linguistics; Eavesdropping; Psychological aspects; Communication; Sociolinguistics; History
Description: Eavesdropping is a form of human communication in which the information gained is stolen. It encompasses cheating to get unfair advantage, espionage to uncover secrets, and supervision to maintain power. John Locke considers the biological drive behind this behaviour as well as its social implications and consequences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-255) and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Passionate spectators; title: Under the leaves; title: Open-plan living; title: Reluctant domestication; title: Privacy, intimacy, and the selves; title: Personal power and social control; title: Passionate exhibitors; title: What will the servants say?; title: Virtual eaves; title: Intimacy by theft.