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The birth of cool : style narratives of the African diaspora / Carol Tulloch.

By: Tulloch, CarolMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016. Description: 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781859734704Subject(s): 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 diasporaLOC classification: E185.86 | .T85 2016
Contents:
Introduction: This Time it's Personal -- Angel in the Market Place : The African-Jamaican Higgler, 1880-1903 -- "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-248) and index.

Introduction: This Time it's Personal -- Angel in the Market Place : The African-Jamaican Higgler, 1880-1903 -- "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.

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