Second skin : Josephine Baker and the modern surface / Anne Anlin Cheng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cheng, Anne Anlin.

Contributor:

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts and society--History--20th century.

Arts and society.

Arts, Modern--20th century.

Arts, Modern.

Modernism (Art).

Surfaces (Philosophy).

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975--Criticism and interpretation.

Baker, Josephine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Second skin : Josephine Baker & the modern surface

Josephine Baker and the modern surface

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne Anlin Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within larger philosophic and aesthetic debates about, and desire for, ""pure surface"" that crystallized at the convergence of modern art, architecture, machinery, and philosophy. Through Cheng's analysis, Baker emerges as a central

Contents:

Contents; 1 Her Own Skin; 2 In the Museum; 3 Skins, Tattoos, and the Lure of the Surface; 4 What Bananas Say; 5 Housing Baker, Dressing Loos; 6 Radiant Bodies, Dark Cities; 7 The Woman with the Golden Skin; 8 All That Glitters Is Not Gold (or, Dirty Professors); 9 Ethical Looking; 10 Back to the Museum; List of Illustrations; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-977981-3

1-282-91768-4

9786612917684

0-19-974142-5

OCLC:

694087546