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Reclaiming Josephine Baker in the Filmic Ethnomusicology of Djibril Diop Mambéty

Reclaiming Josephine Baker in the Filmic Ethnomusicology of Djibril Diop Mambéty

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Reclaiming Josephine Baker in the Filmic Ethnomusicology of Djibril Diop Mambéty

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Reclaiming Josephine Baker in the Filmic Ethnomusicology of Djibril Diop Mambéty

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University of Illinois Press

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Music and the moving image, 2019-07, Vol.12 (2), p.3-14

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English

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University of Illinois Press

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This paper proposes an ethnomusicological approach to Djibril Diop Mambéty’s films as a means of reading their diverse musical soundscapes. Paying particular attention to Touki Bouki (1974), it demonstrates how this approach delineates what may be seen as a reclamation of Josephine Baker—an international figure who has been objectified for her race...

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Reclaiming Josephine Baker in the Filmic Ethnomusicology of Djibril Diop Mambéty

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TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A641884030

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotracmisc_A641884030

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2167-8464,1940-7610

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1940-7610

DOI

10.5406/musimoviimag.12.2.0003

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