The Josephine Baker critical reader : selected writings on the entertainer and activist / edited by Mae G. Henderson and Charlene B. Regester.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Henderson, Mae, editor.

Regester, Charlene B., 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.

Baker, Josephine.

Dancers--France--Biography.

Dancers.

Political activists.

African American entertainers.

African American dancers.

France.

African American dancers--France--Biography.

African American entertainers--France--Biography.

Political activists--France--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 370 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

Summary:

"Star of stage and screen, cultural ambassador, civil rights and political activist--Josephine Baker was defined by the various public roles that made her 50-year career an exemplar of postmodern identity. Her legacy continues to influence modern culture more than 40 years after her death"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Reception and Perception in the Transatlantic Imaginary 29

To Stockholm, with Love: The Critical Reception of Josephine Baker, 1927-1935 / Ylva Hahel Hahel, Ylva 30

"Of la Baker, I Am a Disciple": The Diva Politics of Reception / Jeanne Scheper Scheper, Jeanne 48

Josephine Baker and La Revue Nègre: From Ethnography to Performance / Mae G. Henderson Henderson, Mae G. 67

The Construction of an Image and the Deconstruction of a Star-Josephine Baker Racialized, Sexualized, and Politicized in the African-American Press, the Mainstream Press, and FBI Files / Charlene B. Regester Regester, Charlene B. 88

Part II Modernism, Primitivism, and Embodied Performance 127

An Intelligence of the Body: Disruptive Parody through Dance in the Early Performances of Josephine Baker / Michael Borshuk Borshuk, Michael 128

Embodied Fictions, Melancholy Migrations: Josephine Baker's Cinematic Celebrity / Terri Francis Francis, Terri 141

Colonial, Postcolonial, and Diasporic Readings of Josephine Baker as Dancer and Performance Artist / Mae G. Henderson Henderson, Mae G. 157

Part III Filmic Fictions and Narrative Desire 169

Uncanny Performances in Colonial Narratives: Josephine Baker in Princess Tarn Tam / Elizabeth Coffman Coffman, Elizabeth 170

Josephine Baker and Pierre Batcheff in La Sirène des tropiques / Phil Powrie Powrie, Phil, Éric Rebillard Rebillard, Éric 185

Nationalizing and Segregating Performance: Josephine Baker and Stardom in Zouzou / Scott Balcerzak Balcerzak, Scott 198

Part IV The Architectural Imaginary 217

Historic Architecture: Adolf Loos in Paris-Radical Residences for Josephine Baker and Tristan Tzara / Thomas S. Hinks Hinks, Thomas S. 218

A House for Josephine Baker / Karen Burns Burns, Karen 226

The Josephine Baker House: For Loos's Pleasure / Farès El-Dahdah El-Dahdah, Farès 243

Subversive Figurations of Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier, and Josephine Baker: A Speculative Reading / Stephen Atkinson Atkinson, Stephen 253

Part V Staging Civil Rights and Human Rights Globally 267

Josephine Baker, Racial Protest, and the Cold War / Mary L. Dudziak Dudziak, Mary L. 268

Adoptive Affinities: Josephine Baker's Humanist International / Jonathan P. Eburne Eburne, Jonathan P. 292

Josephine Baker and Utopian Visions of Black Paris / Bennetta Jules-Rosette Jules-Rosette, Bennetta 302

Josephine Baker's "Rainbow Tribe": Radical Motherhood in the South of France / Matthew Pratt Guterl Guterl, Matthew Pratt 318.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476665818

1476665818

OCLC:

952390196

Publisher Number:

99972632773