Fashion and Jazz: Dress, Identity and Subcultural Improvisation

by Alphonso McClendon

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857851268
• ISBN13: 9780857851260
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"