Dancing on the white page : Black women entertainers writing autobiography /
Dreher, Kwakiutl L.,1957-
Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-218) and index.
Introduction : Are we listening to the footsteps of the dance on the white page? -- Dorothy Dandridge : the dance of the black female child entertainer -- Eartha Kitt : the dance of the autobiographical defense -- Diahann Carroll : the recuperation of black widow-single mother/womanhood -- Mary Wilson : taking care of business of girlfriends through autobiography -- Whoopi Goldberg : the black woman celebrity tell-all iconoclast -- Conclusion : The dance finale : what have we here?
African American women entertainers
Autobiography
Autobiography