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Author:

Kerr, Audrey Elisa, 1969-

Title:

The paper bag principle : class, colorism, and rumor and the case of Black Washington, D.C. / Audrey Elisa Kerr.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xx, 145 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Social aspects--Social aspects--Washington (D.C.)
African Americans--Race identity--Washington (D.C.)
African Americans--Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions.
Race discrimination--Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)--Race relations.
Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-142) and index.

Contents:

Traditions and complexion lore -- A national perspective on complexion lore -- Washington society -- Social organization in Washington -- School lore : belief and practice in the education of Black Washington -- Complexion and worship -- One drop of black blood, a conclusion.

ISBN:

1572334622
9781572334625
9781572334625 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1572334622 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)63108322

LCCN:

2006000655

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)