Black style / edited by Carol Tulloch. - London : New York : V & A Publications ; Distributed in North America by Herry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004. - 128 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Book accompanies the exhibition "Black British Style" at the V & A Museum Oct. 2004-Jan. 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (page 124) and index.

Introduction : 'It's good to have the feeling you're the best' / Carol Tulloch -- What to wear in West Africa : textile design, dress and self-representation / John Picton -- Beyond binaries : respecting the improvisation in African-American style / Susan Kaiser [and others] -- Dancehall dress : competing codes of decency in Jamaica / Carolyn Cooper -- Check it : Black style in Britain / Carol Tulloch.

'Black Style' looks at the huge variety to be seen in black dress, hair and accessories, whether in West Africa, Jamaica, or reinvented on the streets of the United States and Great Britain.

1851774246 9781851774241

2004103247

GBA453300 bnb

012955442 Uk


Blacks--Clothing.
African diaspora.
Blacks--Clothing--England.
Blacks--Clothing--Great Britain.
African Americans--Clothing.
African Americans--Clothing.
African diaspora.
Kleidung
Mode
Schwarze
Dessin textile.
Coiffure.
Diaspora africaine.
Identit e culturelle.
Mode vestimentaire.
Noir (Race)
Tissu.


England.
Great Britain.
Afrika
Gro britannien
Jamaika
USA
Westafrika
Schwarze.
USA.


Exhibition catalogues.

GT511 / .B54 2004

391.008996

746.9 746.9(6)