From suits to robes: The use of African inspired apparel as a communication tool in the American avant-garde jazz community

dc.contributor.authorCottle, C. Adamen_US
dc.contributor.authorCottle, Frederick S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBell, Thomas W.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentBehavioral & Health Sciencesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-12T15:40:12Z
dc.date.available2015-11-12T15:40:12Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractMany musicians working in the avant-garde of American jazz in the post-Civil Rights era publicly aligned themselves with black power cultural ideologies. The Afrocentric fashions worn by some of these musicians were a visual representation of their cultural beliefs and endure as a major component of the musical form’s legacy. This article reevaluates these performers’ standing in popular culture, recognizing them as fashion innovators on top of being musical revolutionaries. These musicians’ adventurous style lives on in popular culture through fashion statements in hip hop, neo soul and other musical genres. This article was first published in Intellect. The publisher's full-text version is available at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/fspc/2015/00000002/00000002/art00004en_US
dc.identifierdoi: 10.1386/fspc.2.2.191_1
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4675
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.publisherIntellect Ltd., Journal of Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Vol 2, Issue 2en_US
dc.rightsThis article was first published in Intellect. The publisher's full-text version is available at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/fspc/2015/00000002/00000002/art00004
dc.subjectAfrican fashionen_US
dc.subjectAfrocentricityen_US
dc.subjectAfro-jazzen_US
dc.subjectAvant-garde jazzen_US
dc.subjectComminities of practiceen_US
dc.subjectPopular cultureen_US
dc.titleFrom suits to robes: The use of African inspired apparel as a communication tool in the American avant-garde jazz communityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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