“The world of rumors and gossip is a world of wish fulfillment. And one of the things that gives volume and amplitude to a rumor is that it satisfies people's dreams and expectations about the world...” PeopleWorldGivingDreamWishExpectationsFulfillmentGossipVolumeRumor Author:James C. Scott
“The world of rumor and gossip is like a privileged world with which a social scientist or an anthropologist can take the temperature of popular aspirations.” WorldSocialScientistAspirationGossipPrivilegedRumorTemperatureAnthropologists Author:James C. Scott
“The power to gossip is more democratically distributed than power, property, and income, and, certainly, than the freedom to speak openly.” SpeakPropertyIncomeGossip Book:Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts Source: Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts
