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Popular Culture September 2019
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| Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. DayWhat it is: a moving memoir by groundbreaking fashion designer Daniel Day, who parlayed the hustling skills he acquired as an impoverished Harlem youth into a successful career designing street wear.
Why it matters: Day's designs, popularized by hip-hop artists and athletes, have left an indelible mark on black culture since the 1980s.
Want a taste? "Fashion for me wasn't about expression. Fashion was about power." |
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| Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion by Tanisha C. FordWhat it is: a thoughtful, engaging coming-of-age memoir that explores the history and politics of the fashions that have come to define author Tanisha C. Ford's evolving sense of style.
Chapters include: "Dashiki;" "Jheri Curl;" "Bamboo Earrings;" "Hoodie"
About the author: Ford is a professor of Africana Studies and History at the University of Delaware and the author of Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of the Soul. |
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Summertime : George Gershwin's life in music
by Richard Crawford
A portrait of the legendary American composer draws extensively from his letters and other firsthand sources to explore how his music bridged popular-classical divides, his achievements in multiple venues and his early death at the beginning of his Hollywood endeavors. Illustrations.
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Condé Nast : the man and his empire--a biography
by Susan Ronald
A biography of the legendary media magnate and major figure in New York society describes how he acquired Vogue in 1909 and Vanity Fair in 1913 and spent his life introducing European art, style and fashions to Americans. Illustrations.
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