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- Although [Turner] deals primarily with some seemingly preposterous rumors circulating among blacks in the United States, her book demonstrates how and exemplary case study of folklore can reveal the positive side of these seemingly damaging rumors. Moreover, her work opens up new perspectives on black culture."
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Jan 16, 2024 · In “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” Baldwin fulfills the retrospective view of his life that its early sequences promise, in ways that go far beyond the anecdotal.
Part of what makes this book so essential is the fact that it was written under a death sentence following the diagnosis that upended his life, just as he was preparing to end his residency and attract offers at the top of his profession.
The “grapevine telegraph” had been the system of communication used by slaves during the American civil war. Prohibited from learning to read, they passed on news by word of mouth. Strong took ...
I Heard It Through the Grapevine. " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. [2] The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967.
Sep 9, 2021 · For those of you who find melodies hard to write, it’s a good reminder that most good melodies are actually composed of short melodic fragments, and “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” shows us that spending a good deal of time in and around one note isn’t a musical cop-out — it’s a musical feature that can add to the strength of the song.
Nov 15, 2023 · (Deutsch) 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.
