- Mae West - Wikipedia
Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades [1]
- Mae West - Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs. com
There is some speculation that Mae had African-American ancestry, on her father’s side, or Jewish ancestry, on her mother’s side It is not clear if either of these lineages have been verified documented Mae’s maternal grandparents are buried in a Lutheran cemetery
- Mae West: Dark Secret - Blogger
• • Anthony Holden wrote: Before Mae West's death in 1980, at the age of 87, there were rumours of a dark, deep secret which would be revealed only posthumously The received wisdom, based in part on the drag-act appeal of her screen persona, was that she had really been a man
- Mae West: An Icon in Black and White | Oxford Academic
Exploring West’s penchant for contradiction and her carefully perpetuated paradoxes, Watts convincingly argues that Mae West borrowed haeavily from African Americna culture, music, adance and humour
- Mae West: An Icon in Black and White - amazon. com
Exploring West's penchant for contradiction and her carefully perpetuated paradoxes, Watts convincingly argues that Mae West borrowed heavily from African American culture, music, dance and humor, creating a subversive voice for herself by which she artfully challenged society and its assumptions regarding race, class and gender
- The Self-Created Immortality of Mae West | Current | The . . .
Throughout her career, West sang Black songs and blues and performed dances that originated in Black clubs and vaudeville, as did other white performers of the time But historian Jill Watts says, “The difference between [West] and them is that she consistently credited African-American performance as the roots of her performance ”
- History Professor Consults on New Mae West Documentary
She’s seen as this icon of white female sexuality, but the way she empowered herself was by appropriating Black culture, such as adopting blues music and Black dance traditions A lot of white artists were stealing from Black performers at the time
- Mae West: An Icon in Black and White - Jill Watts - Google Books
This absolutely fascinating study is the first comprehensive, interpretive account of Mae West's life and work It reveals a beloved icon as a radically subversive artist consciously
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