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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Durkin, Hannah (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Dunham, Katherine.
Baker, Josephine, > 1906-1975.
Dunham, Katherine > Criticism and interpretation.
Baker, Josephine, > 1906-1975 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
Dance in literature.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African American women dancers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Noirs americains au cinema.
Danse dans la litterature.
Danseuses noires americaines > Biographies.
Danseuses noires americaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > Europe.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States.
African American women dancers > Biography.
African American women dancers > Biography > History and criticism.
United States.
Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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