Birth of Cool - Style Narratives of the African Diaspora

Informationen zum Autor Carol Tulloch is Professor of Dress, Diaspora and Transnationalism at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London, UK. She is also the Chelsea College of Arts/Victoria and Albert Museum Fellow in Black British Visual and Material Culture. Klappentext Focusing on counter and sub-cultural contexts! this book investigates the role of dress in the creation and assertion of Black identity. From the home-dressmaking of Jamaican women! through to the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary streetstyles! Black Britons! African Americans and Jamaicans have been establishing a variety of Black identities. Zusammenfassung Focusing on counter and sub-cultural contexts! this book investigates the role of dress in the creation and assertion of Black identity. From the home-dressmaking of Jamaican women! through to the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary streetstyles! Black Britons! African Americans and Jamaicans have been establishing a variety of Black identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis PROVISIONAL Introduction Angel in the Market Place: The African-Jamaican Higgler 'All of Me': Billie Holiday Lasting Impressions: Harlem! Portraiture and Newness Strawberries and Cream: Dress! Migration and the Quintessence of Englishness My Man Let Me Pull Your Coat to Something: Malcolm X Beyond the Frame: Hair! Headwraps and Identity

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tulloch Carol, Syd Shelton, Carol Tulloch, Carol (Chelsea College of Art and Design Tulloch, Tulloch Carol
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.01.2016
• EAN: 9781859734650
• ISBN: 978-1-85973-465-0
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: Materializing Culture; Materializing Culture
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura d'interni, design; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Jamaica, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Fashion & society, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples, Cultural studies: dress and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General