by larsond | Oct 14, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Looking back at negrophilia in 1920’s Paris makes me slightly sick. This so called “love” and “adoration” of black culture seems no less mocking than when upper class Parisians would go slumming just for the fun of it. They may be...
by overdahl | Oct 14, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Spurred by unfortunately abundant reasons, headlines today posit, “Is racism alive in today’s culture?” Often, though, the question is purely incendiary. The answer itself is not unknown; rather, the question’s purpose is to examine why and how racism exists. The...
by Stella Li | Oct 14, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
Negrophilia in Paris 1920s was a reflection of the ambivalent attitude of French people toward the invading black culture, between artistic affection and cultural resistance. As a result of such selective embracement of African and African American culture, I...
by devries | Oct 14, 2015 | Music in Paris in the 1920s (2015)
There are almost as many cultural interpretations of negrophilia in the 1920s as there pieces of information available about Josephine Baker and performances of La Revue Nègre in particular. There were some positive responses, a few fence-riders, and clearly very...