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Author: Alicja Sowinska
Title: Dialectics of the Banana Skirt: The Ambiguities of Josephine Baker's Self-Representation
Publication info: Ann Arbor, MI: MPublishing, University of Michigan Library
Fall 2005-Spring 2006
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Source: Dialectics of the Banana Skirt: The Ambiguities of Josephine Baker's Self-Representation
Alicja Sowinska


vol. 19, Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Issue title: Bodies: Physcial and Abstract
Subject terms:
Body
Gender Studies
Race
Sexuality
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.ark5583.0019.003

Table of Contents
Section
Section
“Coffee skin, ebony eyes” —French fascination with Baker
Let’s play!—Yellow bananas’ sweet beginnings
“The Gold Rush”—Modernizing the skirt
From bananas to tusks—The last performance
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography