Jazz Cleopatra : Josephine Baker in her time / by Phyllis Rose.

Main entry:

Rose, Phyllis, 1942- author.

Title & Author:

Jazz Cleopatra : Josephine Baker in her time / by Phyllis Rose.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Description:

xi, 321, [16] pages, of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-306) and index.
Part I: Letting go (1925-26). Savage dance ; Black Broadway, Black Paris ; Top banana -- Part II: Changing (1927-38). Fresh blood ; Queen of the colonies -- Part III: Reaching back (1939-75). Venus in jeeps ; The family of man ; The overdressed years -- Finale: Staging love.

Summary:

Traces Baker's life, featuring her struggles in Europe, her undercover work for the French Resistance during World War II, her tours around the world, and her adopted home.

ISBN:

0385248911
9780385248914
038524892X
9780385248921
0679731334
9780679731337

Subject:

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
Baker, Josephine 1906-1975
Baker, Josephine.
Dancers France Biography.
African American entertainers France Biography.
Danseurs France Biographies.
Artistes du spectacle noirs américains France Biographies.
Race relations
Dancers
African American entertainers
Biografie
France Race relations.
United States Race relations.
États-Unis Relations raciales.
France
United States

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86045
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:93-B1781
Status: on hold

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