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Book

AfroCentric style : a celebration of Blackness & identity in pop culture

Call Number

  • 305.896 N343 (CEN, POW)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

Physical Description

264 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Summary

This celebration of the Black identity in popular culture features over 100 photographs and commentary about such topics and figures as Beyoncé, Black Panther, Black Lives Matter, Lil Nas, Kanye, Serena Williams and Meghan Markle.

Contents

  • Wearing the movement
  • Raymond & race on the runway
  • Hip-hop & high fashion
  • Patterns of pride, African style
  • Black hair love
  • Nappily ever after
  • Afros, attitudes & other mane attractions
  • Beauty queens & cover girls
  • Shades & shapes of Blackness.

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