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Eavesdropping : an intimate history /

Locke, John L.

Eavesdropping : an intimate history / John L. Locke. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - ix, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-255) and index.

Passionate spectators -- Under the leaves -- Open-plan living -- Reluctant domestication -- Privacy, intimacy, and the selves -- Personal power and social control -- Passionate exhibitors -- What will the servants say? -- Virtual eaves -- Intimacy by theft.

9780199236138 (hbk.) 0199236135 (hbk.)

2010923446

GBB027475 bnb

015489038 Uk


Communication--Psychological aspects.
Eavesdropping--
Eavesdropping--Psychological aspects.
Sociolinguistics.

P96.P75 / L63 2010

306.44 / L814