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

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"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Environment: Public›Barber shop | Time of Day›Night
Actions: Communication›Gossip
"Death Drag", 193 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›Storytelling | Verbal›Talking
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
"Hair", 143 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Abortion | Sexuality›Pregnant out of wedlock
"Hair", 145 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Domestic›Housekeeping | Economic›Paying
Cultural Issues: Ritual›Visit
Themes and Motifs: Past›Family history | Texts›Accounts
Aesthetics: Intertextuality›Embedded text, cursive
"Knight's Gambit", 145 (Event)
Environment: Domestic Space›Sitting room
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Play›Chess | Verbal›Threat
Relationships: Familial›Uncle-nephew
"Knight's Gambit", 150 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Romantic›Engagement
"Knight's Gambit", 152 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Relationships: Marital›Husband-wife
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Germany
"Knight's Gambit", 153 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence
"Knight's Gambit", 155 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
Themes and Motifs: Community›Local legends
Relationships: Marital›Honeymoon
"Knight's Gambit", 156 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Gender›Southern woman
"Knight's Gambit", 157 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Economic›Bootlegging
Cultural Issues: Alcohol›Laws | Clothes›And class
Themes and Motifs: Arrivals/Departures›Return home | Values›Success
"Knight's Gambit", 161 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Silence | Perceptual›Watching
Cultural Issues: Class›Class consciousness | Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
"Knight's Gambit", 176 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Secrecy
"Knight's Gambit", 178 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Work›Horse training
"Knight's Gambit", 179 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Emotional›Practicality | Work›Horse training
Cultural Issues: Group Mentality›Community collective
Themes and Motifs: Community›Stranger
"Uncle Willy", 225 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Movement›Running away
Cultural Issues: Gender›Women
Themes and Motifs: Morals
Relationships: Friendship›Adult-child | Social›Conflict | Social›Neighbor
Aesthetics: Narrative›First-person passim
"Wash", 542 (Event)
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
As I Lay Dying, 112 (Event)
Environment: Olfactory›Decay | Public›Bridge | Public›Store porch | Weather›Flood
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
Relationships: Social›Neighbor
Sanctuary, 179 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Movement›Taxi
Themes and Motifs: Values›Propriety
Sanctuary, 186 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Gender›Chauvinism / Misogyny
Themes and Motifs: Community›Opinion
The Reivers , 181 (Event)
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
The Reivers , 184 (Event)
Environment: Place›Medical practice
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Physical›Intrusion | Verbal›Rumor
Aesthetics: Diction›Rural vernacular
The Reivers , 209 (Event)
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
The Reivers , 215 (Event)
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 | Economy›Gambling | Entertainment›Horse race | Race›Solidarity
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Dogs | Animals›Mules | Animals›Race horse | Objects›Gold tooth
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Memphis, Tennessee | Diction›African American vernacular dialect | Typography/Orthography›Italics
The Reivers , 289 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Mental›Remembering | Moral›Secret | Movement›Horse
Cultural Issues: Entertainment›Horse race
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Horses
The Town, 112 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip | Communication›Letter | Verbal›News
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Cats | Animals›Snake
Aesthetics: Figures of Speech›People compared to animals | Figures of Speech›Simile
The Town, 149 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Hat
The Town, 151 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Aesthetics: Language›Profanity
The Unvanquished, 20 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: War›Defeat | War›Strategy
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Tennessee
The Unvanquished, 96 (Event)
Actions: Communication›Gossip
Cultural Issues: Race›Stereotype: smell | War›Strategy | War›Union Army
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Reminiscence
Aesthetics: Allusion, Geographical›Atlanta, Georgia | Allusion, Geographical›Chattanooga, Tennessee