Varieties of Gossip in a Spanish Rural Community
Year: 1978
Type: article
Abstract: Since publication of Gluckman's groundbreaking paper in I963, anthropologists interpreting gossip have split into two camps. The first camp, following Gluckman, is functionalist and approaches the subject from the perspective of methodological holism. It views gossip as a spontaneous collective sanction, as public opinion enforcing conformity to community norms. For Gluckman and his followers, gossip is a group-binding, boundary-maintaining mechanism (Gluck
Source: Ethnology
DOI: 10.2307/3773282
Author: David Gilmore
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2509826484