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The Josephine Baker Story
Ean Wood
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Publishing, Ltd.
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Binding: Hardcover

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Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart
The Josephine Baker Story
Naked at the Feast: The Biography of Josephine Baker
Negrophilia: Avant-Garde Paris and Black Culture in the 1920s (Interplay)
Princess Tam Tam

ASIN: 1860742866

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Ean Wood's biography of this remarkable female star is as entertianing and as absorbing as Josephine's personality deserves.

Champion for Children's Health: A Story About Dr. S. Josephine Baker (Creative Minds Biographies)

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Champion for Children's Health: A Story About Dr. S. Josephine Baker (Creative Minds Biographies)
Greg Ptacek
Manufacturer: Carolrhoda Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

Mediterranean odyssey: An amazing true story of adventure and heroism

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Mediterranean odyssey: An amazing true story of adventure and heroism
Amy Josephine Baker
Manufacturer: Liveright Publishing Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006APVTE

Jazz Cleopatra: The Story of Josephine Baker

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I wish that it had been more about Baker herself.
There is more to Baker than banana skirt!
Exceptional Heroine
Tells about the exciting life of the great Baker

Jazz Cleopatra: The Story of Josephine Baker
Phyllis Rose
Manufacturer: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart
The Josephine Baker Story
Zou Zou
Negrophilia: Avant-Garde Paris and Black Culture in the 1920s (Interplay)
The Fabulous Josephine Baker

ASIN: 0701130202

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I wish that it had been more about Baker herself........2003-03-19

Jazz Cleopatra is a slim volume (269 pages of text, plus notes and bibliography) but clearly a well-researched and well-written one. Rose's extensive notes and bibliography give a small idea of how much thinking went into the writing of the book, and indeed it has the feel of something which has been carefully considered.

It is worth emphasizing that the subtitle of the book is "Josephine Baker in Her Time". I stress the point because I think that the reader should expect that this is not so much a biography (although biography is an important element) as it is a contextual portrait. Rose spends a lot of time on Baker not just as a person, but as an icon and the book is often closer to cultural criticism than "true" biography.

This is not a bad thing, necessarily. It is just that I was looking more for biography and probably more for personality and that is not what this book is about.

There is more to Baker than banana skirt!.......2001-09-18

I honestly must admit I was surprised - schocked in fact - with seriousness,love and depth this author approached a subject which would many consider lightweight.As a difference from many other celebrated biographers who are basically just listing recording dates,Rose goes into describing the atmosphere around Paris in 1920's,what a half nude black woman on the stage meant to european audience at the time,all of a sudden we have discussion about Picasso,Hitler,De Gaulle and the whole book is just simply fascinating.On many occasions there were clever observations about life - I find myself seriously thinking about my own life while reading a book about a person who doesnt have anything in common with me - its almost a biblical saga about a strong individual,a fighter and survivor in a world that objects to anybody who stands above the crowd.Baker could have just used her sex appeal to get rich and built herself from the poverty,instead she changed the world around her and used all her energy to spread humanity wherever she went (it made me think about Lennon lyrics:"you may say I'm a dreamer,but I'm not the only one").Rose doesn't just idolise Baker,there is a understanding that such a strong personality was as powerful to audience as overbearing to people close to her in private life,which seems to be a destiny of anybody with a big influence.
Instead of another entertainer-biography I stumbled upon serious and deep analysis of fascinating character,brave and honest,sensitive woman.Bravo!

Exceptional Heroine.......2000-08-27

Josephine Baker was a unique entertainer, we all know, but she was also an amazing woman off stage.

This fascinating biography satisfies not only the interests of musicians and jazz fans but also those readers interested in Black history and the lives of remarkable women. I read it twice, I loved it so much. Good sense of mid 20th century Paris, and other details really do come alive.

Tells about the exciting life of the great Baker.......1999-03-10

"Jazz" is very compelling, very vivid! It leaves nothing out and informs the reader of cetain aspects of Baker's life that maybe one did not know about. She contributed a lot to the Civil Rights movement and was considered to be ahead of her time.I,personally, recommend "Jazz Cleopatra" to all who was, is, and wants to be a fan of Josephine Baker!!

Dream a Little: Land and Social Justice in Modern America

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Dream a Little: Land and Social Justice in Modern America
Dorothee E. Kocks
Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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In this innovative and exciting synthesis of historical analysis, literary criticism, and personal essay, Dorothee E. Kocks explores the links between place and political ideals in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on the iconography of the American West. Dream a Little explores the American tradition of using the land to reveal and elaborate our dreams for social justice.
Writing with a novelist's sensitivity toward language, Kocks explores the idea that Americans have historically looked to the land for answers to society's problems. To illustrate this point, she shows that the frontier state with its homestead program was actually the predecessor of the modern welfare state. Instead of money, the federal government gave away land. Kocks shows how we have "forgotten" the politics and history behind this giveaway and unravels the significance of this forgetting for our national consciousness.
In the second half of the book, Kocks journeys into three symbolic landscapes: the West, the family farm, and the small community. She looks at these landscapes through the eyes of writers Mari Sandoz and Josephine Johnson, and civil rights activist Ella Baker. Interweaving her own life experiences in this analysis, she traces the relationship between geography and democracy, and of the hopes we attach to the West.

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The Josephine Baker Story

Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1559836369

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Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story
Jean-Claude Baker , and Chris Chase
Manufacturer: Adams Media Corp
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1558504729

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The judge tells a story
Josephine Barton Baker
Manufacturer: J. Baker
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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