Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema - Hannah Durkin - Livros - University of Illinois Press - 9780252084454 - 6 de agosto de 2019
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Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema

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Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham were the two most acclaimed and commercially successful African American dancers of their era and among the first black women to enjoy international screen careers. Both also produced fascinating memoirs that provided vital insights into their artistic philosophies and choices. However, difficulties in accessing and categorizing their works on the screen and on the page have obscured their contributions to film and literature. Hannah Durkin investigates Baker and Dunham's films and writings to shed new light on their legacies as transatlantic artists and civil rights figures. Their trailblazing dancing and choreography reflected a belief that they could use film to confront racist assumptions while also imaginingwithin significant confinesnew aesthetic possibilities for black women. Their writings, meanwhile, revealed their creative process, engagement with criticism, and the ways each mediated cultural constructions of black women's identities. Durkin pays particular attention to the ways dancing bodies function as ever-changing signifiers and de-stabilizing transmitters of cultural identity. In addition, she offers an overdue appraisal of Baker and Dunham's places in cinematic and literary history.


272 pages

Mídia Livros     Paperback Book   (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado 6 de agosto de 2019
ISBN13 9780252084454
Editoras University of Illinois Press
Páginas 272
Dimensões 230 × 151 × 20 mm   ·   440 g
Idioma Inglês  

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