Liberated threads : Black women, style, and the global politics of soul / Tanisha C. Ford.
The author explores how and why black women, from the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, and in places as far-flung as New York City, Atlanta, London, and Johannesburg, used their clothing, jewelry, hair, and general "soul style" no...
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Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2015]
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Series: | Gender & American culture.
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Physical Description: | xv, 256 pages ; 25 cm. |
Format: | Book |
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The author explores how and why black women, from the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, and in places as far-flung as New York City, Atlanta, London, and Johannesburg, used their clothing, jewelry, hair, and general "soul style" not simply as a fashion statement but as an integral part of their activism and as a powerful tool of resistance.--Adapted from publisher description. |
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Call Number: | HV1421 .F67 2015 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781469625157 1469625156 |