Ford, Tanisha C., <br/><br/>
Liberated threads :  Black women, style, and the global politics of soul / 
Tanisha C. Ford. 
 - 1 edition. 
 - Chapel Hill :  The University of North Carolina Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Gender and American culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgments --  Introduction: Black women and the making of a modern soul style --  Reimagining Africa : how Black women invented the language of soul in the 1950s --  Harlem's "natural soul" : selling black beauty to the diaspora in the early 1960s --  SNCC's soul sisters : respectability and the style politics of the civil rights movement --  Soul style on campus : American college women and Black power fashion --  We were people of soul : gender, violence, and Black Panther style in 1970s London --  The soul wide world : the "Afro look" in South Africa from the 1970s to the new millennium --  Epilogue: for Chelsea : soul style in the new millennium --  Notes --  Bibliography --  Index. 
<br/><br/> From the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through antiapartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, black women have used their clothing, hair, and style not simply as a fashion statement but as a powerful tool of resistance. Whether using stiletto heels as weapons to protect against police attacks or incorporating African-themed designs into everyday wear, these fashion-forward women celebrated their identities and pushed for equality. 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469625171 9781469625164 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minority women--United States.<br/>Women, Black--United States.<br/>Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--United States.<br/>Beauty, Personal--United States.<br/>Stereotypes (Social psychology) in fashion--United States.<br/>Globalization--United States.<br/>Minorities.<br/>Aesthetics.<br/>Minority Groups<br/>Women--history<br/>Stereotyping<br/>Beauty<br/>Racism--history
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV1421  / .L534 2015