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The Paper Bag Principle

Class, Colorism, and Rumor and the Case of Black Washington, D.C.

By: Audrey Elisa Kerr

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The Paper Bag Principle

Class, Colorism, and Rumor and the Case of Black Washington, D.C.

By: Audrey Elisa Kerr

The Paper Bag Principle: Class, Colorism, and Rumor in the Case of Black Washington, D.C. considers the function of oral history in shaping community dynamics among African American residents of the nation's capitol. The only attempt to document rumor and legends relating to complexion in black communities, The Paper Bag Principle looks at the divide that has existed between the black elite and the black "folk." The Paper Bag Principle focuses on three objectives: to record lore related to the "paper bag principle" (the set of attitudes that granted blacks with light skin higher status in black communities); to investigate the impact that this "principle" has had on the development of black community consciousness; and to link this material to power that results from proximity to whiteness. The Paper Bag Principle is sure to appeal to scholars and historians interested in African American studies, cultural studies, oral history, folklore, and ethnic and urban studies.

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176

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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ISBN 10

1572334622

ISBN 13

9781572334625

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A Chaplain, a Community with HIV/AIDS, and the Eternal Life of Stories

By: Audrey Elisa Kerr

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A Chaplain, a Community with HIV/AIDS, and the Eternal Life of Stories

By: Audrey Elisa Kerr

This book chronicles the intersection of chaplaincy, autopathography (illness narratives), and stigmatized illness through the observations and stories of a chaplain working at a facility for people with HIV and AIDS. Trained as both an ethnographer and a chaplain, Audrey Elisa Kerr uses memoir to bridge the relationship between caregiver and patient, and allows stories of marginality to frame both her patients' stories and her own.

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