I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American CultureI 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,Β and are used by the community to respond to a hostile dominant culture.Β |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Cannibalism π»πππ π
ππ πππ ππππ πππππ πππππ | 9 |
Corporal Control π»πππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππ ππππππππ ππππ πππ π
π | 33 |
Conspiracy I π»πππ πππ π²π²π² π
ππ
ππ | 57 |
Conspiracy II π»πππ πππ ππππππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππ ππππ ππ π
πππ | 108 |
Contamination π»πππ ππππ ππ π
π ππππ ππππ ππππ ππππ ππ | 137 |
ConsumerCorporate Conflict π»πππ ππππ πππ ππ ππ πππ ππ | 165 |
Crack πΊππ ππππ ππππ ππ ππ ππππ πππ ππ πππππ π
ππππ | 180 |
Conclusion From Cannibalism to Crack | 202 |
Continuing Concerns | 221 |
Notes | 229 |
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Other editions - View all
I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture Patricia A. Turner Limited preview - 1993 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture Patricia A. Turner Limited preview - 2023 |
I Heard it Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture Patricia Ann Turner No preview available - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
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