The black female dancing body in the films and writings of Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham

This project investigates the international film careers and writings of African American dancers Josephine Baker (1906-1975) and Katherine Dunham (1909- 2006) as dynamic sites of identity construction to illuminate the conflicting ways in which individual performances complicate categorisations of...

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Main Author: Durkin, Hannah
Published: University of Nottingham 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.575418