Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul (Gender and American Culture)
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1469636131 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Highly recommended.--ChoiceA welcome addition to historical studies of civil rights and black power.--Journal of American HistoryThe moving testimonies Ford presents of the black women who lived through soul style's heyday are proof that activist scholarship motivated by personal experience provides powerful contributions to the field of history.--Journal of Southern History. Makes a powerful and convincing case for how black women practiced the politics of civil rights, black power, and anticolonialism by crafting new, self-affirming appearances and fashions.--American Historical ReviewCreates a fierce and vibrant dialog on the rarely recounted women's perspective on black style, beauty, and soul.--Library Journal, starred reviewAdds important elements to the conversation on resistance.
Woman of Wisdom said A wonderful work!. Need for a special project in black women in fashion and beyond. A wonderful work!. MrsjonesFive Stars Mrsjones44 Great read. Very entertaining and enlightening.. Five Stars Mrsjones44 Great read. Very entertaining and enlightening.. said Five Stars. Great read. Very entertaining and enlightening.
Focusing on the emergence of the "soul style" movement—represented in clothing, jewelry, hairstyles, and more—Liberated Threads shows that black women's fashion choices became galvanizing symbols of gender and political liberation. 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.. 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 o
Ford is associate professor of Black American studies and history at the University of Delaware. Tanisha C.