Bricktop's Paris : African American women in Paris between the two World Wars / / T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting

• Autore: Sharpley-Whiting T. Denean
• Pubblicazione: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.48/8960730944361
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Paris (France) Intellectual life 20th century; Paris (France) Social life and customs 20th century; Montmartre (Paris, France) Biography
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""The Women""; ""Map of Bricktopâ€?s Paris""; ""Map Key""; ""Book I. Bricktopâ€?s Paris""; ""Introduction: The Other Americans, 1919â€?1939""; ""Parisian Passageways""; ""1 Les Dames, Grand and Small, of Montmartre: The Paris of Bricktop""; ""Shuffling Along Lacledeâ€?s Landing with Many Loves: Jo Baker""; ""“Heaven on Earth for the Negro . . . Womanâ€?: On Beauty and Letters from Paris""; ""Diga Diga Doing in Montmartreâ€?s Big Apple""; ""2 The Gotham-Montparnasse Exchange"" ; ""3 Women of the Petit Boulevard: The Artistâ€?s Haven""""Van Goghâ€?s “Painters of the Petit Boulevardâ€? and Women of the Petit Boulevard""; ""4 Black Paris: Cultural Politics and Prose""; ""5 Epilogue: “Homeward Tug at a Poetâ€?s Heartâ€?: The Return""; ""Appendix: “Negro Dance,â€? Opus 25, No. 1, Nora Douglas Holt""; ""Book II. The Autobiography of Ada “Bricktopâ€? Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets""; ""Foreword: Gained in Translation?""; ""Preface: Historyâ€?s Marginalia, Autofictional Mysteries, and a Fondness for Matters French"" ; ""The Autobiography of Ada “Bricktopâ€? Smith, or Miss Baker Regrets""""Gangsterâ€?s Paradise""; ""I.""; ""Begin the Beguine""; ""II.""; ""They strung her upon the old willow across the way""; ""Miss Otis regrets, sheâ€?s unable to lunch today.""; ""Looking for Langston""; ""III.""; ""The Womenâ€?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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Bricktop's Paris
• ISBN: 1-4384-5502-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819798303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II