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Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people / Imani Perry.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062977397 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Our blue interior -- Writing in color -- Blue goes down -- The land where the blues began -- True blue -- Antigua, South Carolina, Montserrat -- Saint-Domingue and Haiti -- A sign which will not be cut off -- Jaybirds sing -- Blue gums and blue-black -- Hoodoo blue -- The blue note -- Blue pots -- Lonely blue -- Blue-eyed negroes -- Blue-back speller -- Egyptian blue in America -- Blue flag, gold star -- The blues -- Eating the other -- Janie's blues -- Bentonia -- Blueprints -- Citizens -- Montgomery, Newport, Cape Verde, Accra -- Afro blue -- The boys in blue -- Overall movement -- Holy repetition -- Black saint -- Old blue eyes, new blacks -- Heaven's there for those ... -- From Indigo child to Whitney's blues -- Seeing the seventh son -- God's will undone, the creek did rise. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Perry, Imani, 1972- African Americans > History. African Americans > Race identity. African Americans > Social life and customs. Blues (Music) > Psychological aspects. Blue > Social aspects. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 305.896073 Per | 31681010403871 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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