FD1 Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color

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Title	FD1 Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color
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Call Number	928. STE p
ISBN/ISSN	9780500022269
Author(s)	Valerie Steele
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Classification	928. STE p
Series Title
GMD	Text
Language	English
Publisher	thames & hudson
Publishing Year	2019
Publishing Place	English
Collation	205 Pages
Abstract/Notes	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.
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