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Mae West : an icon in Black and white / Jill Watts.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.W4566 W39 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Watts, Jill.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West, Mae.
- West, Mae--Relations with African Americans.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Relations with African Americans.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--African American influences.
- Civilization.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 374 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This engrossing biography of Mae West finds the roots of her famous persona in African-American culture, music, dance, and humor. In a comprehensive, interpretive account of Mae West's life and work, Watts reveals a beloved icon and a radically subversive artist consciously creating her own complex image. 28 halftones.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-356) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195105478
- OCLC:
- 43445537
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