Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham : dances in literature and cinema /

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"This project examines the writings and international film careers of Josephine Baker (1906-1975) and Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), the two most critically and commercially successful Black women dancers of the twentieth century. Drawing on previously unexamined films and texts, Hannah Durkin m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Durkin, Hannah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Temas:
Baker, Josephine, > 1906-1975 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dunham, Katherine > Criticism and interpretation.
Baker, Josephine, > 1906-1975
Dunham, Katherine
African American women dancers > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women dancers > Biography.
Dance in literature.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > Europe.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Danseuses noires américaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Danseuses noires américaines > Biographies.
Danse dans la littérature.
Noirs américains au cinéma.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
African American women dancers
African Americans in motion pictures
Dance in literature
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
Europe
United States
Electronic books.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The dancer in translation : Baker's coauthored narratives
  • The dancer as translator : Dunham's ethnographic memoirs
  • Performing within primitivism : Baker on the French silent screen
  • Cinematic stardom : Baker and the 1930s French musical film
  • Cinematic segregation : Dunham in World War II Hollywood
  • Navigating primitivism's persistent gaze : Dunham in postwar European cinema.

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