Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being Seen

• Published in: French historical studies Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 427 - 455
• Main Author: Cenatiempo, Dantzel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.2023

This article explores how Josephine Baker leveraged post–World War I European primitivism to subvert her mostly white male audience's voyeuristic gaze. Baker's youthful experiences with early twentieth-century American minstrelsy fostered many techniques, from cross-dressing to whiteface,...