It’s the Modern World, the End of Times, the Decline of the West, the Revolt of the Masses. It’s the 1920’s. It’s going to be Very Silly.
More Josephine Baker trivia: Örnulf (”Ulfven” among friends) Tigerstedt was a Finland-Swedish fascist poet and political activist in the 1920’s and 1930’s. IKL was a small but loud quasi-fascist party on the political scene in Finland in the 1930’s and 40’s. They did not get along:
I wanted authority and heroic achievements and the pack seconded [...]
Here’s a nice illustration to the previous post about extremist receptions of Josephine Baker in Finland, from Kurikka no 6 1933.
Hilja: - Woman, if you don’t get out of here while you still can, you’ll taste this!
Not completely unrelated to my upcoming thesis. One of my challenges is to debunk the old lazy idea that “there was no racism in Finland before those damn foreigners came here”. The Finnish idea of nationhood is very much built upon an impossible ideal of purity, as well as a sense of constant threat towards [...]
I just can’t help myself. You can find Josephine Baker’s version on redhotjazz.com. I quote only 2 lines because I couldn’t make sense of half what she is saying. If you like the link image, feel free to copy it and use as a banner. Here are two variations…
A pop song from the 20’s… Listen to Josephine Baker sing it, or download a different version by the Harmonians.