Liberated Threads
Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul
By Tanisha C. Ford
272 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 26 halftones, notes, bibl., index
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Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-2515-7
Published: October 2015 -
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-3613-9
Published: August 2017 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-2516-4
Published: September 2015 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4687-7
Published: September 2015
Gender and American Culture
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Awards & distinctions
2016 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award, Organization of American Historians
In this thought-provoking book, Tanisha C. Ford explores how and why black women in places as far-flung as New York City, Atlanta, London, and Johannesburg incorporated style and beauty culture into their activism. 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. Drawing from an eclectic archive, Ford offers a new way of studying how black style and Soul Power moved beyond national boundaries, sparking a global fashion phenomenon. 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.
About the Author
Tanisha C. Ford is associate professor of Black American studies and history at the University of Delaware.
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