Black Beauty : A History and a Celebration
by Arogundade, BenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-11-06
Publisher(s): Perseus Books Group
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Summary
Through over 150 color and black and white photographs and an engaging, informed text, Black Beauty discusses the position of blacks within the beauty hierarchy of the West, as well as the kinds of work available to black models within the past century. Author Ben Arogundade also offers insight to the ways in which certain styles of black beauty have been promoted above others. In considering black icons and celebrities from Marcus Garvey, Josephine Baker, and Muhammad Ali to Billy Dee Williams, Grace Jones and Lauryn Hill, Black Beauty reveals the many differing images of those who have embodied black beauty in our culture. Portraits by Herb Ritts, Albert Watson, Richard Avedon, and other eminent photographers are included in this stunning compilation.
Author Biography
Ben Arogundade is one of eight children born to Nigerian parents. He originally trained as an architect and worked on numerous London building projects. In 1991 he became a magazine publisher, launching and art directing an international bi-monthly title called Extract -- a celebrity-free, counter-culture publication devoted to "real lives." Ben is based in London and is now a writer, freelance journalist and model
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 8 |
| Black is (not) beautiful | p. 14 |
| Black 'n' tan | p. 28 |
| Black heat | p. 36 |
| Black venus | p. 48 |
| Black is beautiful | p. 64 |
| Black is black | p. 88 |
| Blacklash | p. 102 |
| Painted black | p. 120 |
| Epilogue: fade to black | p. 156 |
| Bibliography | p. 170 |
| Index | p. 172 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 174 |
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