Writing About Gossip in the Women’s Pages
I am almost done writing a book chapter for a book about gossip. The book will be called: When Private Talk Goes Public: Gossip in United States History. Here is more about it.
My chapter is an examination of the role of gossip in the women’s pages of newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s, looking at a political column, an advice column and society and wedding news. In doing so, the concept of “quilted news,” a mix of soft and hard news is introduced. What this quilted approach reveals is how the race and gender roles were changing in the 1950s and 1960s which was clearly reflected in the women’s pages. Social change occurred because of marches and demonstrations. It was also a matter of integrating wedding announcements and neighborhoods. The chapter begins with background information about the women’s pages of newspapers and an explanation of hard versus soft news and hard news within the journalism industry.
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