Slaves to Fashion Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity

Name: Slaves to Fashion Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity
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ISBN: 9780822346036

ISBN-10: 0822346036

ISBN-13: 9780822346036

Edition: 2009

Authors: Monica L. Miller

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The first book on the history of black dandyism,Slaves to Fashionexamines the pivotal role that style has played in the politics and aesthetics of African diasporic identity formation. The figure of the black dandy first emerged in eighteenth-century England as an attempt to control the representation of Africans by imposing upon domestic slaves luxurious uniforms intended to flaunt their masters' wealth. These uniforms were soon manipulated by those who wore them, initiating a struggle between master and slave in which style emerged as a primary means of self-expression for blacks. Tracing the history of the black dandy forward to contemporary celebrity incarnations such as Andre 3000 and…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10/8/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction: 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 Visual Histories of Black Cosmopolitanism


Notes


Bibliography


Index