Stylin' : African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  
  
  Preface ix
  Introduction
  Looking Mighty Sprucy                                         5
  Done Up in the Tastiest Manner                               37
  3      I'd Rather Dance Den Eat                              63
  4      Dandies and Dandizettes                               85
  5      Swingin' like Crazy                                  125
  6      Strolling, jooking, and Fixy Clothes                 153
  7      The Long-Veiled Beauty of Our Own World              180
  8      The Stroll 22.0 Epilogue-. Suit Men from Suit Land   248
  Notes                                                       265
  Index                                                       299