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 styl...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, NC :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2015]
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| Edition: | 1 edition. |
| Series: | Gender & American culture.
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| Online Access: | HeinOnline Women and the Law (Peggy) |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 256 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |