Second skin : Josephine Baker and the modern surface

Publication Data

• Title Second skin : Josephine Baker and the modern surface
• Alternative Title Josephine Baker and the modern surface
• Author Anne Anlin Cheng
• Contributor Josephine Baker
• Publisher Oxford University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

Her own skin
In the museum
Skins, tattoos, and the lure of the surface
What bananas say
Housing Baker, Dressing Loos
Radiant bodies, dark cities
The woman with the golden skin
All that glitters is not gold (or, dirty professors)
Ethical looking
Back to the museum.

Topics

• Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Modernism (Art)
• Surfaces (Philosophy)
• Arts, Modern :: 20th century
• 015648870

Second skin : Josephine Baker and the modern surface by Anne Anlin Cheng. ISBN 9780195387056. Published by Oxford University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.