| Description |
xxi, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword : a luminous humanism / Simon Njami -- Pt. 1. Creating the image -- 1. Touring with Baker's image -- 2. Opening nights -- 3. Celluloid projections -- Pt. 2. Living the dream -- 4. Dress rehearsals -- 5. Baker's scripts -- 6. Hues of the rainbow in a global village -- Pt. 3. Changing the world -- 7. Legendary legionnaire -- 8. Echoes and influences -- 9. Eternal comeback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-340) and index |
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Includes discography: pages [341]-343 |
| Subject |
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
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Dancers -- France -- Biography.
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African American entertainers -- France -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Njami, Simon, 1962-
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| LC no. |
2006006965 |
| ISBN |
0252031571 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780252031571 cloth alkaline paper |
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0252074122 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780252074127 paperback alkaline paper |
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