10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAKEWALKER»
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cakewalker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cakewalker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beyond Blackface: African Americans and the Creation of ...
Placing herself front and center as the cakewalker, she went on to define the
dance: The cakewalk is a dance peculiar to our people. Its steps, however, are of
American origin, whatever the original idea may have been. The tempo is often
that ...
William Fitzhugh Brundage,
2011
2
Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes]
He died at the City Hospital, Wednesday night, from knife wounds inflicted by
Frankie Baker, an ebony-hued cakewalker. Britt was also colored and he was
seventeen years old. He met Frankie at the Orange Blossom's ball and was
smitten ...
Jessie Carney Smith,
2010
3
On the Move: Researching Dance in a Multiply-cultured World
If normatives remain hidden — if improvisation is held naturally and truthfully as
liberation and rebellion from formal dance structures — then the danger of
subscribing a 19th century African American cakewalker solely as a rebel is very
real.
4
The Marrow of Tradition
The champion cakewalker, much to the surprise of his sable com' panions, who
were about equally swayed by admiration and jealousy, disappeared
immediately after the close of the performance. Any one watching him on his way
home ...
Charles W. Chesnutt,
2012
5
The Fugitive's Properties: Law and the Poetics of Possession
By “puttin' on old massa,” the cakewalker proved, like many a speculative
financial instrument, the mere “shadow without the substance.” The cakewalker
violated the boundaries of class and status (and, before the war, property), which
had ...
6
Comparative Hungarian Cultural Studies
If sociality correlates to spatiality, "to be open and free is to be exposed and
vulnerable" (Yi-Fu Tuan 54), the "improper" open body of the cakewalker was
unquestionably a cause of emotions stirred. The politics of the orpheum prone to
the ...
Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek, Louise Olga Vasvári,
2011
7
To Wake the Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature
In January of 1898, when cakewalking was at the crest of its American vogue,
Williams and Walker, in a publicity stunt, called at the home of the tycoon William
Vanderbilt, who had achieved some notoriety as a cakewalker. Humorously ...
8
The Marrow of Tradition: Easyread Large Bold Edition
... and strangely inconsistent with the gravity and decorum which had been so
noticeable when this agile cakewalker had served as butler at Major Carteret's
table, upon the occasion of the christening dinner. There was a vague suggestion
of ...
Charles Waddell Chesnutt,
2008
9
Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, ...
... Ferry the Frog (contortionist), Willis Gauze (female impersonator), Gerard Miller
(concert baritone), Dave and Edith Barton (buck and wing dancers), Grace Turner
(singer, cakewalker), Charles W. Walker (singer, cakewalker), Ida May Walker, ...
Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff,
2003
10
Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, ...
... Real Coons” or a high strutting cakewalker. Those were fads of the day. He
had found a persona that transcended time and race. “Here It Comes Again,”
fromAbyssinia, recorded about a month later, was a similar tale of woe by Rogers
and ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAKEWALKER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
cakewalker is used in the context of the following news items.
Cake of the Day: Strawberry Kiss Cake
... and he also delved into the commercial voice-over world, but now, he's busting out beautiful cakes on his food blog, The Cakewalker. «Yahoo Food, Apr 15»
Are You Too Old to Say, 'My Bad?'
Candleaccountability - - adj. The crucial earlier moment in the kitchen, when the Cakewalker (one who walks the sheet cake into a crowd while ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
Reconsidering The Legacy Of KC's Champion Cakewalker 'Doc …
The painting depicts the champion cakewalker William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown, known popularly in Kansas City as "Doc Brown. «KCUR, May 12»
The LA Times' Battle of the Burgers: We picked our five favorites
The red, white and blueberry burger by Brooks Walker of Folsom and the food blog Cakewalker. (He's on Twitter @cakewalkr.) The Southwest ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 11»