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I heard it through the grapevine : rumor in African-American culture
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- Creator
- Patricia A. Turner
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- English
- Publication
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- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1993]
- ©1993
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- xvi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0520089367, 9780520081857, 0520081854, 9780520915572, 9780585129525, 0520915577, 0585129525
- OCLC
- ocm27973804, ocm43476573, on1202625760
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index.
- 1. Cannibalism: "They doe eat each other alive" -- 2. Corporal Control: "They want to beat us, burn us, whatever they can do" -- 3. Conspiracy I: "They...the KKK...did it" -- 4. Conspiracy II: "They...the powers that be...want to keep us down" -- 5. Contamination: "They want to do more than just kill us" -- 6. Consumer/Corporate Conflict: "They won't get me to buy it" -- 7. Crack: "See, they want us to take all of those drugs" -- 8. Conclusion: From Cannibalism to Crack -- Epilogue: Continuing Concerns
Subjects
- African Americans -- Folklore.
- Urban folklore -- United States.
- Rumor -- United States.
- Black or African American -- psychology -- United States.
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- Folklore.
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- Race Relations.
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- Psychology, Social -- United States.
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