Displaying 1 of 1 1998 Format: Book Author: White, Shane, author. Title: Stylin' : African American expressive culture from its beginnings to the zoot suit / Shane White and Graham White. Publisher, Date: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998. Description: xv, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: An exploration of African-American style from its African origins to the 1940s, looking at the ways in which African-American men and women have expressed themselves through clothing, hairstyles, gestures, dance, and other forms of bodily display. Subjects: African Americans -- Social life and customs. African Americans -- Clothing -- History. Hairstyles -- United States -- History. Body image -- United States -- History. Other Author: White, Graham J., author. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index. Contents: Looking mighty sprucy -- Done up in the tastiest manner -- I'd rather dance den eat -- Dandies and dandizettes -- Swingin' like crazy -- Strolling, jooking, and fixy clothes -- The long-veiled beauty of our own world -- The stroll -- Epilogue: suit men from suit land. LCCN: 97038507 ISBN: 0801431794 9780801431791 0801482836 9780801482830 Other Number: 37721327 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 57216 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 305.896073 White Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
