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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Soft Skull Pr
Publication date
February 7, 2012
Pages
164
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Original
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781593764173
ISBN-10
1593764170
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.44 lbs.
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$14.95
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Black Cool explores the ineffable state and aesthetic of Black Cool. From the effortless reserve of Miles Davis in khakis on an early album cover, to the shock of resistance in black womenâs fashion from Angela Davis to Rihanna, to the cadence of poets as diverse as Staceyann Chin and Audre Lorde, Black Cool looks at the roots of Black Cool and attempts to name elements of the phenomena that have emerged to shape the global expectation of cool itself.
Buoyed by some of Americaâs most innovative thinkers on the subjectÂgraphic novelist Mat Johnson, Brown University Professor of African Studies Tricia Rose, critical thinking and cultural icon bell hooks, Macarthur winner Kara Walker, and many moreÂthe book is at once a handbook, a map, a journey into the matrix of another cosmology. Itâs a literal periodic table of cool, wherein each writer names and defines their element of choice. Dream Hampton writes about Audacity. Helena Andrews about Reserve, Margo Jefferson on Eccentricity, Veronica Chambers on Genius, and so on. With a foreword by Henry Louis Gates that bridges historical African elements of cool with the path laid out for the future, Black Cool offers a provocative perspective on this powerful cultural legacy.
Buoyed by some of Americaâs most innovative thinkers on the subjectÂgraphic novelist Mat Johnson, Brown University Professor of African Studies Tricia Rose, critical thinking and cultural icon bell hooks, Macarthur winner Kara Walker, and many moreÂthe book is at once a handbook, a map, a journey into the matrix of another cosmology. Itâs a literal periodic table of cool, wherein each writer names and defines their element of choice. Dream Hampton writes about Audacity. Helena Andrews about Reserve, Margo Jefferson on Eccentricity, Veronica Chambers on Genius, and so on. With a foreword by Henry Louis Gates that bridges historical African elements of cool with the path laid out for the future, Black Cool offers a provocative perspective on this powerful cultural legacy.
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Original edition from Soft Skull Pr (February 7, 2012)
9781593764173 | details & prices | 164 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.44 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Black Cool explores the ineffable state and aesthetic of Black Cool.
About: Black Cool explores the ineffable state and aesthetic of Black Cool.
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