Foto 1 di 1

Black in Blues : How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry (2025, Hardcover)

Bargain Book Stores (1142413)

99,3% di feedback positivi

Prezzo:

US $25,77

CircaEUR 21,96

+ $10,92 di spese di spedizione

Consegna prevista gio 16 ott - gio 30 ott

Restituzioni:

Le restituzioni non sono accettate, ma l'oggetto è coperto dalla Garanzia cliente eBay.

Condizione:

Nuovo

Format: Hardback or Cased Book. Your source for quality books at reduced prices. Condition Guide.

Informazioni su questo prodotto

Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100062977393

ISBN-139780062977397

eBay Product ID (ePID)19062946838

Product Key Features

Book TitleBlack in Blues : How a Color Tells the Story of My People

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican / African American, Black Studies (Global), United States / General, African American

Publication Year2025

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Social Science, History

AuthorImani Perry

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2024-037118

Reviews"National Book Award winner Perry offers surprising revelations about the connection between the color blue and Black identity as she explores myth and literature, art and music, folklore and film. . . . An innovative cultural history." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

SynopsisA "vast, multifaceted and enchanting" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ) meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture, from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, "the most important interpreter of Black life in our time" (Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.) Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways. Blue skies and blue water offer hope for that which lies beyond the current conditions. But blue is also the color of deep melancholy and heartache, echoing Louis Armstrong's question, "What did I do to be so Black and blue?" In this book, celebrated author Imani Perry uses the world's favorite color as a springboard for a riveting emotional, cultural, and spiritual journey--an examination of race and Blackness that transcends politics or ideology. Perry traces both blue and Blackness from their earliest roots to their many embodiments of contemporary culture, drawing deeply from her own life as well as art and history: The dyed indigo cloths of West Africa that were traded for human life in the 16th century. The mixture of awe and aversion in the old-fashioned characterization of dark-skinned people as "Blue Black." The fundamentally American art form of blues music, sitting at the crossroads of pain and pleasure. The blue flowers Perry plants to honor a loved one gone too soon. Poignant, spellbinding, and utterly original, Black in Blues is a brilliant new work that could only have come from the mind of one of our greatest writers and thinkers. Attuned to the harrowing and the sublime aspects of the human experience, it is every bit as vivid, rich, and striking as blue itself., A "vast, multifaceted and enchanting" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) meditation on the color blue and its fascinating role in Black history and culture, from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, "the most important interpreter of Black life in our time" (Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.) Throughout history, the concept of Blackness has been remarkably intertwined with another color: blue. In daily life, it is evoked in countless ways. Blue skies and blue water offer hope for that which lies beyond the current conditions. But blue is also the color of deep melancholy and heartache, echoing Louis Armstrong's question, "What did I do to be so Black and blue?" In this book, celebrated author Imani Perry uses the world's favorite color as a springboard for a riveting emotional, cultural, and spiritual journey--an examination of race and Blackness that transcends politics or ideology. Perry traces both blue and Blackness from their earliest roots to their many embodiments of contemporary culture, drawing deeply from her own life as well as art and history: The dyed indigo cloths of West Africa that were traded for human life in the 16thcentury. The mixture of awe and aversion in the old-fashioned characterization of dark-skinned people as "Blue Black." The fundamentally American art form of blues music, sitting at the crossroads of pain and pleasure. The blue flowers Perry plants to honor a loved one gone too soon. Poignant, spellbinding, and utterly original, Black in Blues is a brilliant new work that could only have come from the mind of one of our greatest writers and thinkers. Attuned to the harrowing and the sublime aspects of the human experience, it is every bit as vivid, rich, and striking as blue itself.

LC Classification NumberE185.86.P476 2025