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The birth of cool : style narratives of the African diaspora /

It is broadly recognized that black style had a clear and profound influence on the history of dress in the twentieth century, with black culture and fashion having long been defined as 'cool'. Yet despite this high profile, in-depth explorations of the culture and history of style and dre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tulloch, Carol (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Subjects:
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Blacks > Social life and customs.
African Americans > Clothing.
Blacks > Clothing.
Fashion > Social aspects.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
Self-perception > Social aspects.
African Americans > Race identity.
Blacks > Race identity.
African diaspora.
DESIGN > Fashion.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: This Time it's Personal
  • Angel in the Market Place : The African-Jamaican Higgler, 1880-1907
  • "We Also Should Walk in the Newness of Life" : Individualised Harlem Styles of the 1930s
  • "All of Me" : Billie Holiday
  • "My Man Let Me Pull Your Coat to Something" : Malcolm X
  • You Should Understand, it's a Freedom Thing : The Stoned Cherrie-Steve Biko T-shirt
  • Here : The Haunting Joy of Being in England
  • Coda.