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Author : Wise Publications
Publisher : Wise Publications
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000-06-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857123633
This is the story of no ordinary life...Josephine Baker emerged from sordid poverty and racial intolorance in early 20th-century St Louis to delight audiences across the world becoming a genuine star of the stage.
Author : Jean-Claude Baker,Chris Chase
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African American entertainers
ISBN : 9780815411727
This revelatory biography of Folies Bergere dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) is a study of struggle, truimph and tragedy.
Author : Ean Wood
Publisher : Sanctuary Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1860743943
Ean Wood's biography of this remarkable female star is as entertianing and as absorbing as Josephine's personality deserves.
Author : Ron Hutchinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Feature films
ISBN : OCLC:28900702
Author : Patricia Hruby Powell
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781452129716
Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Honor Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction Honor In exuberant verse and stirring pictures, Patricia Hruby Powell and Christian Robinson create an extraordinary portrait for young people of the passionate performer and civil rights advocate Josephine Baker, the woman who worked her way from the slums of St. Louis to the grandest stages in the world. Meticulously researched by both author and artist, Josephine's powerful story of struggle and triumph is an inspiration and a spectacle, just like the legend herself.
Author : Peggy Caravantes
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613730379
A complete biographical look at the complex life of a world-famous entertainer With determination and audacity, Josephine Baker turned her comic and musical abilities into becoming a worldwide icon of the Jazz Age. The Many Faces of Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Activist, Spy provides the first in-depth portrait of this remarkable woman for young adults. Author Peggy Caravantes follows Baker's life from her childhood in the depths of poverty to her comedic rise in vaudeville and fame in Europe. This lively biography covers her outspoken participation in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, espionage work for the French Resistance during World War II, and adoption of 12 children—her “rainbow tribe.” Also included are informative sidebars on relevant topics such as the 1917 East St. Louis riot, Pullman railway porters, the Charleston, and more. The lush photographs, appendix updating readers on the lives of the rainbow tribe, source notes, and bibliography make this is a must-have resource for any student, Baker fan, or history buff.
Author : Benjamin R. Cohen,Michael S. Kideckel,Anna Zeide
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262542913
How modern food helped make modern society between 1870 and 1930: stories of power and food, from bananas and beer to bread and fake meat. The modern way of eating—our taste for food that is processed, packaged, and advertised—has its roots as far back as the 1870s. Many food writers trace our eating habits to World War II, but this book shows that our current food system began to coalesce much earlier. Modern food came from and helped to create a society based on racial hierarchies, colonization, and global integration. Acquired Tastes explores these themes through a series of moments in food history—stories of bread, beer, sugar, canned food, cereal, bananas, and more—that shaped how we think about food today. Contributors consider the displacement of native peoples for agricultural development; the invention of Pilsner, the first international beer style; the “long con” of gilded sugar and corn syrup; Josephine Baker’s banana skirt and the rise of celebrity tastemakers; and faith in institutions and experts who produced, among other things, food rankings and fake meat.
Author : Jonah Winter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442447103
A picture book biography that will inspire readers to dance to their own beats! Singer, dancer, actress, and independent dame, Josephine Baker felt life was a performance. She lived by her own rules and helped to shake up the status quo with wild costumes and a you-can’t-tell-me-no attitude that made her famous. She even had a pet leopard in Paris! From bestselling children’s biographer Jonah Winter and two-time Caldecott Honoree Marjorie Priceman comes a story of a woman the stage could barely contain. Rising from a poor, segregated upbringing, Josephine Baker was able to break through racial barriers with her own sense of flair and astonishing dance abilities. She was a pillar of steel with a heart of gold—all wrapped up in feathers, sequins, and an infectious rhythm.
Author : Matthew Pratt Guterl
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674047556
Her performing days numbered, Josephine Baker did something outrageous: she transformed her chateau into a theme park whose main attraction was her Rainbow Tribe--12 children from around the globe, adopted as the family of the future. Matthew Pratt Guterl concludes that Baker was a serious activist, determined to make a positive difference.
Author : Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara,Agathe Sorlet
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781786036704
Meet Josephine Baker, the world-famous entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent in this true story of her life! Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series, this inspiring and informative little biography follows the incredible life of Josephine Baker, from growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, during segregation to defying expectations and performing on the stage in Paris, where audiences fell in love with her. Josephine Baker was born for the stage. But growing up in segregated St. Louis, she didn't have the same opportunities as white entertainers. So, she moved to Paris where audiences fell in love with her. Josephine worked as a dancer, an actor, and even a spy. She then spent the rest of her life spreading the word that people of all colors can live together in harmony. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the entertainer's amazing life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games, and other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!
Author : Bennetta Jules-Rosette
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : African American entertainers
ISBN : 9780252074127
Beyond biography: a legendary performer's legacy of symbolism
Author : Jose-Luis Bocquet
Publisher : SelfMadeHero
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 191059329X
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was nineteen years old when she found herself in Paris for the first time in 1925. Overnight, the young American dancer became the idol of the Roaring Twenties, captivating Picasso, Cocteau, Le Corbusier, and Simenon. In the liberating atmosphere of the 1930s, Baker rose to fame as the first black star on the world stage, from London to Vienna, Alexandria to Buenos Aires. After World War II, and her time in the French Resistance, Baker devoted herself to the struggle against racial segregation, publicly battling the humiliations she had for so long suffered personally. She led by example, and over the course of the 1950s adopted twelve orphans of different ethnic backgrounds: a veritable Rainbow Tribe. A victim of racism throughout her life, Josephine Baker would sing of love and liberty until the day she died.
Author : Monica Kulling
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101917893
This thoughtful and beautifully illustrated picture book shares the story of a trailblazer who has inspired generations of girls to change the world. Sara Josephine Baker was a strong girl who loved adventure. Growing up in New York in the late 1800s was not easy. When she lost her brother and father to typhoid fever, she became determined to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor. In Jo's day, medical schools were closed to women, but times were changing, and Jo was at the forefront. When she graduated in 1898, Dr. Jo still faced prejudice against women in her field. Not many people were willing to be seen by a female doctor, and Dr. Jo's waiting room remained mostly empty. She accepted a job in public health and was sent to Hell's Kitchen, one of New York's poorest neighborhoods where many immigrants lived. There, she was able to treat the most vulnerable patients: babies and children. She realized that the best treatment was to help babies get a stronger start in life. Babies need fresh air, clean and safe environments, and proper food. Dr. Jo's successes, fueled by her determination, compassion and ingenuity, made her famous across the nation for saving the lives of 90,000 inner city infants and children.
Author : Bryan Hammond,Patrick O'Connor
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040951845
Leven en carrière van de Amerikaanse - in Parijs triomfen vierende - revuedanseres/zangeres (1906-1975) in woord en beeld.
Author : Terri Simone Francis
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780253052179
A history and in-depth analysis of the film career of the iconic Black star, activist, and French military intelligence agent. Josephine Baker, the first Black woman to star in a major motion picture, was both liberated and delightfully undignified, playfully vacillating between allure and colonialist stereotyping. Nicknamed the “Black Venus,” “Black Pearl,” and “Creole Goddess,” Baker blended the sensual and the comedic when taking 1920s Europe by storm. Back home in the United States, Baker’s film career brought hope to the Black press that a new cinema centered on Black glamour would come to fruition. In Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism, Terri Simone Francis examines how Baker fashioned her celebrity through cinematic reflexivity, an authorial strategy in which she placed herself, her persona, and her character into visual dialogue. Francis contends that though Baker was an African American actress who lived and worked in France exclusively with a white film company, white costars, white writers, and white directors, she holds monumental significance for African American cinema as the first truly global Black woman film star. Francis also examines the double-talk between Baker and her characters in Le Pompier de Folies Bergère, La Sirène des Tropiques, Zou Zou, Princesse Tam Tam, and The French Way, whose narratives seem to undermine the very stardom they offered. In doing so, Francis illuminates the most resonant links between emergent African American cinephilia, the diverse opinions of Baker in the popular press, and African Americans’ broader aspirations for progress toward racial equality. Examining an unexplored aspect of Baker’s career, Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prism deepens the ongoing conversation about race, gender, and performance in the African diaspora.