{"product_id":"black-cool-one-thousand-streams-of-blackness-9781593764173","title":"Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \"probing collection\"--edited by the author of Black, White and Jewish--explores Black Cool with entries from bell hooks, Margo Jefferson and many more (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays conceived of and edited by Rebecca Walker explores the ineffable state and protean aesthetics of Black Cool. From the effortless reserve of Miles Davis in khakis on an early album cover, to the shock of resistance in black women's fashion from Angela Davis to Rihanna, to the cadence of poets as diverse as Staceyann Chin and Audre Lorde, \u003ci\u003eBlack Cool\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to decode the mystery of this ever-changing yet historically rooted phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith essays by some of America's most innovative thinkers on the subject--including graphic novelist Mat Johnson, Brown University Professor of African Studies Tricia Rose, critical theorist and cultural icon bell hooks, Macarthur winner Kara Walker, and many more--\u003ci\u003eBlack Cool\u003c\/i\u003e offers a periodic table of cool, wherein each writer names and defines their element of choice. Dream Hampton writes about Audacity; Helena Andrews discusses Reserve; Margo Jefferson explores Eccentricity; Veronica Chambers illuminates Genius; and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Henry Louis Gates that bridges historical African elements of cool with the path laid out for the future, \u003ci\u003eBlack Cool\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative perspective on this powerful cultural legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walker, Rebecca\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593764173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.56w x 0.53d","brand":"Rebecca Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32962752938059,"sku":"9781593764173","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_7c18f22e-69f3-49ed-8730-f8dc6f8039eb.jpg?v=1605737119","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/black-cool-one-thousand-streams-of-blackness-9781593764173","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}