I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Subtitle: Rumor in African-American Culture
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: August 25, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780520089365
Subjects: Black studies; Communication Studies; Cultural studies; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Ethnic Studies - General; Folklore & Mythology; Social Science / Ethnic Studies
First sentence: Many modern American rumors, legends, and folk ideas about the origins and meaning of racial difference can be traced to the days of first contact between white English explorers and black sub-Saharan Africans.