Gossip in sheltered housing: Its cultural importance and social implications

Ageing and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-325

  Percival, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Close knit community; Environment; Ethnographic; Gossip; Sheltered housing

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION;

EID: 0033918349     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X0000773X     Document Type: Article

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