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Whispers on the color line : rumor and race in America / Gary Alan Fine and Patricia A. Turner.
LIBRA GR111.A47 F56 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fine, Gary Alan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Folklore.
- African Americans.
- White people--United States--Folklore.
- White people.
- Urban folklore--United States.
- Urban folklore.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Using rumor as a lens through which to assess how Americans talk and feel about race, the authors analyze many widespread, commonly known rumors and urban legends that deal with racial topics to reflect the profound unease that blacks and whites often feel towards each other.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520209885
- OCLC:
- 45879542
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