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Sharpley-Whiting T. Denean |
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Bricktop's Paris : African American women in Paris between the two World Wars / / T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting |
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Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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African American women - France - Paris - History - 20th century |
African American women - France - Paris |
Women entertainers - France - Paris |
Nightclubs - France - History - 20th century |
Americans - France - Paris - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century |
Paris (France) Social life and customs 20th century |
Montmartre (Paris, France) Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""The Women""; ""Map of Bricktop�s Paris""; ""Map Key""; ""Book I. Bricktop�s Paris""; ""Introduction: The Other Americans, 1919�1939""; ""Parisian Passageways""; ""1 Les Dames, Grand and Small, of Montmartre: The Paris of Bricktop""; ""Shuffling Along Laclede�s Landing with Many Loves: Jo Baker""; ""“Heaven on Earth for the Negro . . . Woman�: On Beauty and Letters from Paris""; ""Diga Diga Doing in Montmartre�s Big Apple""; ""2 The Gotham-Montparnasse Exchange"" |
""3 Women of the Petit Boulevard: The Artist�s Haven""""Van Gogh�s “Painters of the Petit Boulevard� and Women of the Petit Boulevard""; ""4 Black Paris: Cultural Politics and Prose""; ""5 Epilogue: “Homeward Tug at a Poet�s Heart�: The Return""; ""Appendix: “Negro Dance,� Opus 25, No. 1, Nora Douglas Holt""; ""Book II. The |
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Autobiography of Ada “Bricktop� Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets""; ""Foreword: Gained in Translation?""; ""Preface: History�s Marginalia, Autofictional Mysteries, and a Fondness for Matters French"" |
""The Autobiography of Ada “Bricktop� Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets""""Gangster�s Paradise""; ""I.""; ""Begin the Beguine""; ""II.""; ""They strung her upon the old willow across the way""; ""Miss Otis regrets, she�s unable to lunch today.""; ""Looking for Langston""; ""III.""; ""The Women�s Academy""; ""IV.""; ""Old love, new love, every love but true love""; ""Josie, Tea, and Me""; ""V.""; ""Shadow Boxing in Babylon""; ""VI.""; ""The Game of Inspector and Saloonkeeper""; ""VII.""; ""The Feast for No Saint""; ""VIII.""; ""A Helpmate""; ""IX.""; ""A Pigeon in Our Midst""; ""X."" |
""List of Archives and Libraries""""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index to Book 1"" |
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