Josephine Baker (Spanish Edition)

Jos?-Louis Bocquet y Catel Muller cuentan en Josephine Baker la historia de una mujer que se convirti? en un icono de los locos a?os veinte por su alegr?a de vivir y su rabiosa modernidad. Bocquet y Catel rinden homenaje a una artista que deslumbr? al p?blico, pero que tambi?n demostr? sus elevados valores y su compromiso, y rompi? todos los tab?es a pesar de su g?nero, color de piel y origen humilde. Josephine Baker cuenta la vida de una mujer excepcional que cant? al amor y a la libertad hasta su ?ltimo aliento y que, a d?a de hoy, sigue siendo un ejemplo de lucha, constancia y solidaridad. «Amigos m?os, sab?is que no miento si os digo que he tenido acceso a palacios de reyes y reinas, a casas de presidentes, mientras en Estados Unidos no pod?a entrar en un hotel o beber un caf?, y eso me pon?a furiosa! . -Josephine Baker, Marcha en Washington por el empleo y la libertad, 28 de agosto de 1963. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Jos?-Louis Bocquet and Catel Muller tell the story of a woman who became an icon of the Roaring Twenties for her joie de vivre and her zealous modernism. Bocquet and Catel pay homage to an artist who dazzled the audience, one who exhibited high values and commitment, and broke all taboos despite her gender, skin color, and humble beginnings. Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was nineteen years old when she found herself in Paris for the first time in 1925. Overnight, the young American dancer became the idol of the Roaring Twenties, captivating Picasso, Cocteau, Le Corbusier, and Simenon. In the liberating atmosphere of the 1930s, Baker rose to fame as the first black star on the world stage, from London to Vienna, Alexandria to Buenos Aires. After World War II, and her time in the French Resistance, Baker devoted herself to the struggle against racial segregation, publicly battling the humiliations she had for so long suffered personally. She led by example, and over the course of the 1950s adopted twelve orphans of different ethnic backgrounds: a veritable Rainbow Tribe. A victim of racism throughout her life, Josephine Baker would sing of love and liberty until the day she died.