I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture
Book Details
Author(s)
Turner, Patricia A.
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN / ASIN
0520081854
ISBN-13
9780520081857
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Description
The author examines how rumors, seemingly illogical, translate white oppression into folk warnings for a community at risk. Examined also are the ways rumor-cycles are generated and transmitted, often using the same theme, i.e. sterilization of black men through food, soft drinks, etc. Photos.
