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