I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American CultureUniversity of California Press, 15 nov. 2023 - 260 sidor 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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993. 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 resp |
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They want to beat us burn | 33 |
whatever they can do 3333 | 57 |
They the powers that | 108 |
They want to do more than just | 137 |
They wont get me | 165 |
See they want us to take all of those drugs | 180 |
From Cannibalism to Crack | 202 |
Continuing Concerns | 221 |
Bibliography | 245 |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture Patricia A. Turner Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 1993 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture Patricia A. Turner Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2023 |
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture Patricia Ann Turner Ingen förhandsgranskning - 1993 |
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