Liberated Threads (eBook)

Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul

Tanisha C. Ford (Autor)

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2015
272 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2516-4 (ISBN)

Infos

From the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through antiapartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, black women have used their clothing, hair, and style not simply as a fashion statement but as a powerful tool of resistance. Whether using stiletto heels as weapons to protect against police attacks or incorporating African-themed designs into everyday wear, these fashion-forward women celebrated their identities and pushed for equality.In this thought-provoking book, Tanisha C. Ford explores how and why black women in places as far-flung as New York City, Atlanta, London, and Johannesburg incorporated style and beauty culture into their activism. Focusing on the emergence of the "e;soul style"e; movementrepresented in clothing, jewelry, hairstyles, and moreLiberated Threads shows that black women's fashion choices became galvanizing symbols of gender and political liberation. Drawing from an eclectic archive, Ford offers a new way of studying how black style and Soul Power moved beyond national boundaries, sparking a global fashion phenomenon. Following celebrities, models, college students, and everyday women as they moved through fashion boutiques, beauty salons, and record stores, Ford narrates the fascinating intertwining histories of Black Freedom and fashion.

Autor

Tanisha C. Ford is associate professor of Black American studies and history at the University of Delaware.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.9.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Gender and American Culture
• Reihe/Serie: Gender and American Culture
• Zusatzinfo: 26 halftones, notes, bibl., index
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Abbey Lincoln • Africa • African diaspora • Afro hairstyle • Angela Davis • Apartheid • Beauty culture • Black Consciousness Movement • black freedom movement • Black Power Movement • Blue Note Records • College • Drum magazine • ella baker • Essence magazine • Fashion • Global • Grandassa Models • Harlem • Indiana University • Jazz • Joyce Ladner • London • London Black Panthers • Michelle Obama • Miriam Makeba • Natural Hair • Nina Simone • Odetta • Olive Morris • Pat Evans • Soul Power • Soul Style • South Africa • Southern Civil Rights Movement • spelman college • Stokely Carmichael • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • The Afro Look • U.S. Black Panthers
• ISBN-10: 1-4696-2516-4 / 1469625164
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-2516-4 / 9781469625164