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Article: Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit.(Review)
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- Journal of Social History
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- December 22, 1999
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Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit. By Shane White and Graham White (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1998. xv plus 301 pp.).
Stylin': African American Expressive Culture from its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit is a remarkable book. Shane White and Graham White, though not related, are both Australians, did their graduate work at the University of Sydney, and teach and write about African-American history at that institution. Researching and writing a book about black culture from halfway around the globe is a daunting challenge in itself. As they note in their preface, the scholars White have also had to ...