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Slaves to fashion : black dandyism and the styling of black diasporic identity / Monica L. Miller.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2009 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miller, Monica L., 1970-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
e-Duke books scholarly collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American men--Clothing--History.
African American men.
African American men--Race identity.
Fashion--United States.
Fashion.
Dandyism--United States.
Dandyism.
Clothing and dress--United States.
Clothing and dress.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (409 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Cultural and literary history of black dandyism from the 1700s to the 1960s.
Contents:
Stylin' out
Mungo Macaroni : the slavish swell
Crimes of fashion : dressing the part from slavery to freedom
W. E. B. du Bois's "different" diasporic race man
"Passing fancies" : dandyism, harlem modernism, and the politics of visuality
"You look beautiful like that" : black dandyism and the visual histories of black cosmopolitanism.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613065155
9781283065153
1283065150
9780822391517
0822391511
OCLC:
462914558

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