Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham : dances in literature and cinema /

Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham : dances in literature and cinema /

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 maps th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Durkin, Hannah (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Baker, Josephine, > 1906-1975 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dunham, Katherine > Criticism and interpretation.
African American women dancers > Biography > History and criticism.
African American women dancers > Biography.
Dance in literature.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > United States.
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc. > Europe.
African Americans in motion pictures.

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