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9780520089365

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520089365

  • ISBN10:

    0520089367

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1994-08-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

Ku Klux Klan-owned companies. Sodas that cause sterility. A military conspiracy to infect Africans with AIDS. These rumors reverberate through Black America. Now, Patricia Turner presents a groundbreaking, comprehensive look at how rumors translate white oppression into folk warnings throughout the African-American community.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introductionp. 1
Cannibalism: "They doe eat each other alive"p. 9
Corporal Control: "They want to beat us, burn us, whatever they can do"p. 33
Conspiracy I: "They...the KKK...did it"p. 57
Conspiracy II: "They...the powers that be...want to keep us down"p. 108
Contamination: "They want to do more than just kill us"p. 137
Consumer/Corporate Conflict: "They won't get me to buy it"p. 165
Crack: "See, they want us to take all of those drugs"p. 180
Conclusion: From Cannibalism to Crackp. 202
Epilogue: Continuing Concernsp. 221
Notesp. 229
Bibliographyp. 245
Indexp. 255
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