Dancing on the white page : Black women entertainers writing autobiography /
"Dancing on the White Page examines the popular autobiographies of six well-known Black women entertainers - Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, Whoopi Goldberg, and Mary Wilson - and makes a case for adding Black celebrity autobiography to the African American literary...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2008.
|
| Series: | SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Dancing on the White Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Lena Horne:The Symbol Must Stand for Something
- 2. Dorothy Dandridge: The Dance of the Black Female Child Entertainer
- 3. Eartha Kitt: The Dance of the Autobiographical Defense
- 4. Diahann Carroll: The Recuperation of Black Widow-Single Mother/Womanhood
- 5. Mary Wilson: Taking Care of the Business of Girlfriends through Autobiography
- 6. Whoopi Goldberg: The Black Woman Celebrity Tell-All Iconoclast
- Conclusion: The Dance Finale:What Have We Here?
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
