Keepin' It Hushed: The Barbershop and African American Hush Harbor Rhetoric

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african american life series A complete listing of the books in this series can be found online at wsupress.wayne.edu series editor Melba Joyce Boyd Department of Africana Studies, Wayne State University Wayne State University Press • Detroit THE BARBERSHOP HUSH HARBOR RHETORIC AND AFRICAN AMERICAN VORRIS L. NUNLEY © 2011 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Nunley, Vorris. Keepin’ it hushed : barbershops and African American hush harbor rhetoric / Vorris L. Nunley. p. cm. — (African American life series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8143-3348-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. African Americans—Languages. 2. American literature—African American authors— History and criticism. 3. English language—United States—Rhetoric. 4. Popular culture— United States. 5. Barbershops—United States. 6. African Americans in literature. 7. African Americans—Communication. 8. Black English—United States. 9. Literacy— United States. I. Title. PE3102.N42N86 2010 895.6'09—dc22 2010033646 i Designed and typeset by Sharp Des!gns, Inc. Composed in Meta Serif ...