Baker, Josephine 1906-1975

Josephine by Josephine Baker ( Book )
21 editions published between 1976 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,071 libraries worldwide

Princess Tam Tam ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1935 and 2005 in French and English and held by 365 libraries worldwide
A mischievous shepherd girl rises through society to become a pretend princess and the toast of Paris nightlife.

Zou Zou ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1934 and 2005 in French and English and held by 296 libraries worldwide
A star walks out on her sugardaddy producer for true love, and a talented Cinderella (Baker) takes her place, saves the show and is hailed as a new sensation opening night.

Second skin : Josephine Baker and the modern surface by Anne Anlin Cheng ( Book )
9 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 232 libraries worldwide
What does a black burlesque star have to do with some of the most enduring and passionate ideas in modern aesthetic theory? The spectacular Josephine Baker emerges in this fascinating untold story as a principal figure in the drama behind the making of Euro-American Modernism. Instead of seeing her nude performances as a Primitivist given, the author argues that Baker's famous skin was central to the debates about and desire for "pure surface" that crystallized at the convergence of modern art, architecture, machinery, and philosophy. Taking the reader across the Atlantic, through real stages and imagined houses; banana plantations and ocean liners; metallic bodies and radiant cities, this study tracks the ardent and protean conversation between the making of a Modernist style and the staging of a new black visuality. In this account, the author and the Modernists known to have adored and objectified her in fact shared a common dream: the fantasy of remaking and wearing the skin of the other.

Zou Zou ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1989 in French and held by 220 libraries worldwide
Warner Brothers-style backstage musical, in which a talented laundress takes the place of the lead on opening night and saves the show.

Siren of the tropics ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in No Linguistic content and French and held by 217 libraries worldwide
Papitou is a free-spirited, animal-loving native girl who falls in love with Andre, a sophisticated young man who has been sent to the Parisian Antilles as a prospector. She is unaware that he is betrothed to another, or that his work assignment is actually a perilous ruse concocted by his scheming boss. As the truth becomes known, Papitou finds herself pursuing Andre back to Paris.

Saved from the flames 54 rare and restored films 1896-1944 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 204 libraries worldwide
"A unique and wonderful collection of 54 rare and restored short films from the inflammable years of cinema. Movies were once made on nitrate film stock, which has a chemical composition similar to gunpowder and is highly vulnerable to fire and decay. This remarkable seven-hour anthology, organized in eight thematic groups over three DVDs, presents amazing treasures from the vaults of Lobster Films in Paris and from the Blackhawk Films Collection, rescued during half a century of gathering movies from the nitrate era."--Container.

Princesse Tam Tam ( Visual )
7 editions published between 1935 and 1996 in French and held by 156 libraries worldwide
A French aristocrat discovers a young girl and falls in love with her. He polishes her in order to present her as an Indian princess.

The fabulous Joséphine Baker by Josephine Baker ( Recording )
6 editions published between 1960 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 147 libraries worldwide

Josephine Baker by Josephine Baker ( Recording )
29 editions published between 1969 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 146 libraries worldwide