ID: 9722  -  Renata Morresi  -  Macerata Type: Text    Josephine Baker. Some Gleanings from the French Critics Format: Medium: Article Extent: 1p. Identifier: Source: Cunard, Nancy. Josephine Baker. Some Gleanings from the French Critics. Negro: an Anthology made by Nancy Cunard, 1931-1933. Wishart. London: 329 Title: Josephine Baker. Some Gleanings from the French Critics. Subtitle: Alternative: Agents: Creator: Cunard, Nancy Role: Author Name: Cunard, Nancy Created: 1933 Date: Issued in/on: 1934 Language: English Rights: Relation: IsPartOf Qualifier: Negro: an Anthology made by Nancy Cunard, 1931-1933. Wishart. London:329 Coverage: Place: Time: Description: Subjects: Wo/Men Subjects: Places Subjects: Cultural Practices Subjects: Race/Ethnicity Subjects: Internationalism/Transnationalism Keywords: Cunard, Nancy Keywords: France Keywords: primitivism Keywords: transformation Keywords: colonialism Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, Cunard, Nancy) Query Subject+Keyword: (Places, France) Query Subject+Keyword: (Cultural Practices, primitivism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Race/Ethnicity, transformation) Query Subject+Keyword: (Internationalism/Transnationalism, colonialism) Comment: Cunard quotes several French reviewers of Josephine Baker’s shows and exposes their prejudices. Though her own description of the American performer reveals Cunard’s controversial position as a white privileged observer and the dubious results of a politics of authenticity, in this article she sharply identifies and condemns the combination of nationalism, paternalistic attitude and racism at work in the journalists’ comments on Baker.