’We Have Become Niggers!’: Josephine Baker as a Threat to Viennese Culture

Early 1928 Josephine Baker, by that time a famous dancer and singer, came to Vienna to be part of a vaudeville show. Even before her arrival the waves went high – her possible presence in Vienna caused a major uproar there. Various commentators constructed an image of Baker that was based on the as...

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Main Author: Roman Horak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2013-12-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:https://journal.ep.liu.se/test3212/index.php/CU/article/view/2076