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Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture
Venus in the Dark Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture
Author: Janell Hobson
Western culture has long been fascinated by black women, but a history of enslavement and colonial conquest has variously labeled black women's bodies as "exotic" and "grotesque." In this remarkable cultural history of black female beauty, Janell Hobson explores the enduring figure of the "Hottentot Venus." — In 1810, Saartjie Baartman was taken ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415974028
ISBN-10: 041597402X
Publication Date: 7/15/2005
Pages: 180
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
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