Actions: Communication Gossip
Description
The original definition here was "informal oral networks", which was too technical, but perhaps more accurate. In essence, gossip here is a means for the whole community to become aware of news. JB
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Addressing for mail delivery
- By sound
- Car horn
- Censorship
- Engrave
- Graffiti
- Joking
- Lack of communication
- Letter
- Listening
- Marriage announcement
- Messenger
- Miscommunication
- Newspaper article
- Newspaper columns and notices
- Non-human
- Note
- Pen and ink well
- Post card
- Receiving mail
- Sending mail
- Silence
- Spanish
- Speaking
- Swearing
- Telegraph
- Telephone
- Transcribing
- Unsent message
- Using writing with deafness
- Without words
- Writing
Tagged Events
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
Cultural Issues: War›World War I
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›England
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Texts›Accounts
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Germany
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Values›Success
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Ownership
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Community›Social life | Psychological›Paranoia | Recurring Tropes›Going to Texas
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Whittling
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Disappearance | Supernatural›Superstitions
Aesthetics: Narrative›African-American folk sayings
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Movement›Running away
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Departure | Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Texas | Narrative›First-person passim | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Time of Day›Afternoon | Time of Year›July | Weather›Heat
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Cursing
Relationships: Marital›Elopement | Social›Adversarial
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Time of Day›Dawn
Actions: Bodily›Childbirth | Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Hero worship | Mental›Imagining
Cultural Issues: Religion›Apotheosis
Themes and Motifs: Character›Opportunism | Objects›Scythe
Aesthetics: Narrative›Repetition
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Texas horses auctioned
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Movement›Taxi
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Environment: Domestic Space›Barn
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Explaining
Cultural Issues: Law›Corruption | Race›Hierarchical | Race›Law
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Race horse
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Narrative›Parentheses | Narrative›Revision
Environment: Place›Medical practice
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
Environment: Domestic Space›Dining room | Place›Hotel
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Vengeful
Cultural Issues: Economy›Commerce | Entertainment›Horse race | Violence›Rape
Aesthetics: Language›Haw haw | Narrative›Parentheses
Environment: Place›Plantation | Public›Road
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Excitement | Moral›Scheming | Moral›Secret | Movement›Buggy | Physical›Driving
Cultural Issues: Agriculture›Corn | Agriculture›Cotton | Clothes›Socks | Crime›Theft|Robbery | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Letter | Verbal›News
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | War›Strategy | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence