The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color Valerie Steele Primary Author mixed material bibliography English thames & hudson 2019 monographic en English

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205 Pages Pink provokes exceptionally strong feelings of both attraction and repulsion. Indeed, it has been called the most divisive of colors. "Please, sisters, back away from the pink," urged journalist Petula Dvorak in The Washington Post when she learned that tens of thousands of protesters were planning to wear pink pussy hats at the Women’s March of 2017. The issues facing women are "serious," she added, and "cute" pink hats risked trivializing these issues. Yet attitudes towards pink are changing, and the color is increasingly regarded as cool and androgynous. Although pink is popularly associated with little girls, ballerinas, and all things feminine, the stereotype of pink for girls and blue for boys only really gained traction in the United States in the mid-20th century, and the symbolism of pink has varied greatly across world history. By placing men’s, women’s, and children’s pink clothing from both Western and non-Western cultures — including India, Africa, Mexico, and Japan — in a historical context, Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color corrected popular misconceptions, encouraged viewers to question clichés and received opinion, and demonstrated that "It is society that 'makes' color, defines it, gives it meaning" — to quote the great color historian Michel Pastoureau. 928. STE p9780500022269 Lasalle College Jakarta Library Catalogue 928. STE p FD10489 Fashion Design 928. STE p 2108 2023-02-06 09:31:15 2023-02-06 09:31:58 machine generated