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Josephine Baker

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Josephine Baker

By Jose-Luis Bocquet

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About the book

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 ...Show more

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9781910593295

Publisher

SelfMadeHero

Published year

2017

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1

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Josephine Baker

Format

Paperback

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