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Josephine Baker / art by Catel Muller ; written by José-Louis Bocquet ; historical consultant, Jean-Claude Bouillon-Baker.
Author
Bocquet, José-Louis
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Uniform title
Joséphine Baker.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
English edition.
Published/Created
London : SelfMadeHero, 2017.
©2016
Description
568 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
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Status
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Notes
Mendel Music Library - Stacks
GV1785.B3 B6313 2017
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Subject(s)
Dancers
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France
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Biography
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Comic books, strips, etc
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African American entertainers
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France
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Biography
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Comic books, strips, etc
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Baker, Josephine 1906-1975
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Comic books, strips, etc
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Artist
Catel
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Consultant
Bouillon-Baker, Jean-Claude
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Translator
Gauvin, Edward
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Gilliom, Mercedes Claire
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Graphic novels
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Biographical comics
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Summary note
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.
Notes
Originally published in French by Casterman in 2016.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-568).
Language note
Translated from the French.
Contents
[Graphic]
Timeline for Josephine Baker (p. 463)
Biographical notes of main and secondary characters in Josephine's story, accompanied by portraits (in order of appearance in the story) (p. 481)
Bibliography (p. 565).
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ISBN
191059329X ((paperback))
9781910593295 ((paperback))
LCCN
2017385203
OCLC
956623683
Other standard number
99972579417
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