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Fashion and Jazz - Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,381
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Fashion and Jazz - Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation (Hardcover): Alphonso McClendon

Fashion and Jazz - Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation (Hardcover)

Alphonso McClendon

Series: Dress, Body, Culture

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Born in the late 19th century, jazz gained mainstream popularity during a volatile period of racial segregation and gender inequality. It was in these adverse conditions that jazz performers discovered the power of dress as a visual tool used to defy mainstream societal constructs, shaping a new fashion and style aesthetic. "Fashion and Jazz" is the first study to identify the behaviours, signs and meanings that defined this newly evolving subcultural style. Drawing on fashion studies and cultural theory, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the social and political entanglements of jazz and dress, with individual chapters exploring key themes such as race, class and gender. Including a wide variety of case studies, ranging from Billie Holliday and Ella Fitzgerald to Louis Armstrong and Chet Baker, it presents a critical and cultural analysis of jazz performers as modern icons of fashion and popular style. Addressing a number of previously underexplored areas of jazz culture, such as modern dandyism and the link between drug use and glamorous dress, " Fashion and Jazz" provides a fascinating history of fashion's dialogue with African-American art and style. It is essential reading for students of fashion, cultural studies, African-American studies and history.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Dress, Body, Culture
Release date: 2015
First published: February 2015
Authors: Alphonso McClendon
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-85785-126-0
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Costume, clothes & fashion
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
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LSN: 0-85785-126-8
Barcode: 9780857851260

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