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Josephine Baker's cinematic prism / Terri Simone Francis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Francis, Terri Simone, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975--Criticism and interpretation.
- Baker, Josephine.
- Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
- African American women dancers--France.
- African American women dancers.
- African American motion picture actors and actresses--France.
- African American motion picture actors and actresses.
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- African American entertainers--France.
- African American entertainers.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- France.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 199 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: What Might Be Josephine Baker's Film History
- Introduction: Hey! Ha! Shimmy My Bananas! Refracting Baker's Image
- 1. Traveling Shoes: Baker's Migrations and the Conundrums of Sweet Paris
- 2. Shouting at Shadows: The Black American Press, French Colonial Culture, and La sirène des tropiques
- 3. Unintended Exposures: Baker's Prismatic Ethnological Performance in Zouzou
- 4. Seeing Double: Parody and Desire in Le pompier de Folies Bergère and Princesse Tam-Tam
- Epilogue: Long Live Josephine Baker!
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Francis, Terri Simone. Josephine Baker's cinematic prism
- ISBN:
- 9780253052179
- 0253052173
- 9780253017598
- 0253017599
- Publisher Number:
- 40030309500
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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