EAN: 9780062977397

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue--and its fascinating role in Black history and culture--from National Book Award winner Imani Perry 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 16 th 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.

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