I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture

Name: I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture
Brand: University of California Press
SKU: ByrdShop_0520081854
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hardcover – September 28, 1993

by Turner, Patricia A.

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ISBN-13: 9780520081857 ISBN-10: 0520081854

Publisher

University of California Press

Binding

hardcover

Published

September 28, 1993

Weight

1.3 lbs

Dimensions

23.50×2.50×15.90 cm

About this book

I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture by Turner, Patricia A.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780520081857.

I Heard It Through the Grapevine explores how rumors that run rife in African-American communities, concerning such issues as AIDS, the Ku Klux Klan and FBI conspiracies, translate white oppression into folk warnings, and are used by the community to respond to a hostile dominant culture.