Stylin' : African American expressive culture from its beginnings to the zoot suit / Shane White and...
Stylin' : African American expressive culture from its beginnings to the zoot suit / Shane White and...
Stylin' : African American expressive culture from its beginnings to the zoot suit / Shane White and Graham White.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N305.896073/25
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English
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xv, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
White and White argue that the politics of black style is, in fact, the politics of metaphor, always ambiguous because it is always indirect. To tease out these ambiguities, they examine extensive sources, including advertisements for runaway slaves, interviews recorded with surviving ex-slaves in the 1930s, autobiographies, travelers' accounts, ph...
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Stylin' : African American expressive culture from its beginnings to the zoot suit / Shane White and Graham White.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-296) and index.
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N305.896073/25
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74VMb4475Mmb
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ISBN
0801482836 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801431791 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801431794 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801482830 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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305.896073
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991000913639702626
