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

by Vorris L. Nunley

Book Overview

Examines the barbershop as a rhetorical site in African American culture across genres, including fiction, film, poetry, and theater.

In Keepin' It Hushed: The Barbershop and African American Hush Harbor Rhetoric, Vorris L. Nunley investigates the role of the hush harbor (a safe place for free expression among African American speakers) as a productive space of rhetorical tradition and knowledge generation. Nunley identifies the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814333486
• ISBN13: 9780814333488
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"