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BL
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874376
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Hobson, Janell,1973-
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Venus in the dark : : blackness and beauty in popular culture /\ Janell Hobson.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xi, 180 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203700562
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: 1135870918
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: 1135870950
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: 1135870969
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: 9780203700563
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: 9781135870911
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: 9781135870959
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: 9781135870966
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0415974011
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041597402X
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9780415974011
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9780415974028
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.
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| Contents
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Re-presenting the black female body : an introduction -- Venus and the hottentot : the emergence of an icon -- The hottentot venus revisited : the politics of reclamation -- The "batty" politic : toward an aesthetic of the black female body -- Mirror, mirror : framing the black female body for still and motion pictures.
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| Abstract
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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 from South Africa to Europe, where she was put on display at circuses, salons, and museums and universities as the ""Hottentot Venus."" The subsequent legacy of representations of black women's sexuality-from Josephine Baker to Serena Wi.
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Beauty, Personal-- Social aspects.
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Human body in popular culture.
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Women in popular culture.
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Women, Black.
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Beauté corporelle-- Aspect social.
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Corps humain dans la culture populaire.
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Femmes dans la culture populaire.
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Noires.
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Beauty, Personal-- Social aspects.
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Human body.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Popular culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Women, Black.
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Women.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/613
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| LC Classification
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HQ1233.H63 2005eb
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