Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham [electronic resource] : dances in literature and cinema / Hannah Durkin.

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"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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Durkin, Hannah (Author)
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.
Genre:	Biography.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema
Format:	Electronic eBook

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EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO)
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