TY - BOOK ID - 78673743 TI - The birth of cool : style narratives of the African diaspora PY - 2016 SN - 1474262864 9781474262866 1474262872 9781474262873 9781859734650 1859734650 9781859734704 1859734707 PB - London : Bloomsbury Academic, DB - UniCat KW - African Americans KW - Blacks KW - Negroes KW - Ethnology KW - Social life and customs. KW - Clothing. KW - Fashion KW - Clothing and dress KW - Self-perception KW - African diaspora. KW - Black diaspora KW - Diaspora, African KW - Human geography KW - Africans KW - Black identity KW - Blackness (Race identity) KW - Negritude KW - Race identity of blacks KW - Racial identity of blacks KW - Ethnicity KW - Race awareness KW - Self-concept KW - Self image KW - Self-understanding KW - Perception KW - Self-discrepancy theory KW - Self-evaluation KW - Society and clothing KW - Social aspects. KW - Race identity. KW - Migrations KW - Ethnic identity KW - Black persons KW - Black people UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78673743 AB - "It is broadly recognized that black style had a clear and profound influence on the history of dress in the twentieth century, with black culture and fashion having long been defined as ‘cool’. Yet despite this high profile, in-depth explorations of the culture and history of style and dress in the African diaspora are a relatively recent area of enquiry. The Birth of Cool asserts that ‘cool’ is seen as an arbiter of presence, and relates how both iconic and ‘ordinary’ black individuals and groups have marked out their lives through the styling of their bodies". -- Publisher. ER -