I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture

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University of California Press, Nov 15, 2023 - Social Science - 260 pages
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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Contents

Introduction
1
Cannibalism π‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒅𝒐𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‚π’π’Šπ’—π’†
9
Corporal Control π‘»π’‰π’†π’š π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒖𝒔 π’˜π’‰π’‚π’•π’†π’—π’†π’“ π’•π’‰π’†π’š 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐
33
Conspiracy I π‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝑲𝑲 π’…π’Šπ’… π’Šπ’•
57
Conspiracy II π‘»π’‰π’†π’š 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’˜π’†π’“π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆 π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 π’Œπ’†π’†π’‘ 𝒖𝒔 π’…π’π’˜π’
108
Contamination π‘»π’‰π’†π’š π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 π’Žπ’π’“π’† 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ 𝒖𝒔
137
ConsumerCorporate Conflict π‘»π’‰π’†π’š π’˜π’π’π’• π’ˆπ’†π’• π’Žπ’† 𝒕𝒐 π’ƒπ’–π’š π’Šπ’•
165
Crack 𝑺𝒆𝒆 π’•π’‰π’†π’š π’˜π’‚π’π’• 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 π’•π’‚π’Œπ’† 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 π’…π’“π’–π’ˆπ’”
180
Conclusion From Cannibalism to Crack
202
Continuing Concerns
221
Notes
229
Bibliography
245
Index
255
Copyright

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

Afri African African-Ameri African-American agency AIDS Al Copeland alleged American antiblack assassination athletic wear Atlanta child Atlanta child murders belief black bodies black community black consumers black male cannibalism Chapter Church's chicken cigarettes circulated civil rights conspiracy rumors conspirators contamination motifs contemporary legends corporate crimes culture David Duke death disease emerged Europeans evidence fact fast food Folklore folklorists Fried Chicken Gary Alan Fine genocide heard Ibid identified illegal drugs individuals informants claimed Jan Harold Brunvand kill Klansmen Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan law enforcement Liz Claiborne mants Martin Luther King murders Narrative Negro official police political Popeyes popular Press race racial racist Reagan Reebok reports riots rumor cycles rumors and contemporary sexual shoes slavery slaves South Africa stories targeted texts tion tobacco Troop Tropical Fantasy urban versions victims violence virus weapon white supremacist women York

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About the author (2023)

Patricia A. Turner is Senior Dean of the College Dean/Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education; Professor, Department of African American Studies and World Arts and Culture at the University of California at Davis, and the author of Ceramic Uncles & Celluloid Mammies: Black Images and Their Influence on Culture (1994).

Bibliographic information

TitleI Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture
AuthorPatricia A. Turner
Editionreprint
PublisherUniversity of California Press, 2023
ISBN0520915577, 9780520915572
Length260 pages
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History / Social History
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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