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I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture
Patricia A. Turner
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| #2733191 in Books | 1993-09-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x6.25 x1.00l, | File type: PDF | 260 pages||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful even-handed review of myopia in all races!|By A Customer|Dr. Patricia Turner's overview of rumor in the white communities and black communities of the past is excellent. She traces themes down through time, showing us how we all are grabbed and held prisoner by what we want to believe. Her delineation of what divides "them" from "us" is thought-provoking--and we a|From Publishers Weekly|In an intriguing exploration of black folklore, Turner examines contemporary legends--like Ku Klux Klan ownership of a now defunct clothing firm--common in the black community. The author, who teaches African-American and African Studies a
This book divides into two basic parts. In Chapters 1 and 2 I discuss historical examples of "rumor" discourse and suggest whey many blacks have--for good reason--channeled beliefs about race relations into familiar formulae, ones developed as early as the time of the first contact between sub-Saharan Africans and European white. Then in Chapters 3-7 it explores the continuation of these issues in late-twentieth-century African-American rumors and contemporary legen...
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