Main entry:

Neubauer, Hans-Joachim, 1960-

Title & Author:

The rumour : a cultural history / Hans-Joachim Neubauer ; translated by Christian Braun.

Publication:

London ; New York : Free Association Books, 1999.

Description:

ix, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-198) and index.
1. "Divine Voice", Myth and History -- 2. Fama, a Model -- 3. Rumour and the Loophole in Hearsay -- 4. Antiquity 1917: Modernity and Warfare -- 5. Stigma or the Poetics of the Rumour -- 6. "Rumor Clinics" and other Forms of Control -- 7. The Search for the Formula for the Rumour.
Translation of Fama.

Summary:

"Rumours have always left an enigmatic trace through the ages. Hans-Joachim Neubauer visits the breeding grounds of hearsay, among them an ancient barber's shop, the Parisian squares of the revolution, the trenches of the First World War and the Internet. In doing so he reveals the hidden side of anonymous chatter. For rumours not only produce fear and horror, but are also reflected in art and literature and in the technologies and techniques designed to suppress and control them. In this portrait of the rumour and its cultural contexts, the author offers a glimpse of this fleeting, often fatal poetry on the reverse side of history."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

1853434728
9781853434723

Subject:

Rumor.
Rumor in literature.
Rumeur.
Rumeur dans la littérature.
Rumors.

Holdings:

Location: Library main price 267001
Call No.: BIB 199047
Status: Available

Location: Library main price related ephemera 267040
Call No.: BIB 199047
Status: Available