{"product_id":"9780241819302","title":"Black in Blues : How a Color Tells the Story of My People","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 'musical and moving' (Washington Post) meditation on the colour blue and its role in Black history and culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout 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 a life 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 Black in Blues, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing deeply from her own life as well as from art and history, Perry traces both blue and Blackness from their earliest roots to their many embodiments of contemporary culture: The dyed indigo cloths of West Africa that were traded for human life in the 16th 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 she plants in memory of a loved one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAttuned to both the harrowing and the sublime aspects of the human experience, Black in Blues is a poignant, spellbinding, and utterly original work from one of our greatest thinkers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen Lane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274361123051,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":79.35,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780241819302-1.jpg?v=1785748530","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9780241819302","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}