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

by Vorris L. Nunley

Book Overview

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 barbershop as an important hush harbor for black males in particular and traces the powerful cultural trope and its hidden tradition of African American...

• 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"