Venus in the Dark
Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture
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Product details:
- Edition number 3
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 4 September 2025
- ISBN 9781032638911
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages220 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 570 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 23 Illustrations, black & white; 23 Halftones, black & white 684
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In this third edition of the classic
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In this third edition of the classic cultural history of black women?s beauty, Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture, Janell Hobson explores the enduring figure of the ?Hottentot Venus? and the history of critical and artistic responses to her by black women in contemporary photography, film, literature, music, and dance.
In 1810, Sara Baartman was taken from South Africa to Europe, where she was put on display at circuses, salons, museums, and universities as the ?Hottentot Venus.? The subsequent legacy of representations of black women?s sexuality?from Josephine Baker to Serena Williams to hip-hop and dancehall videos, to our favorite pop acts including Beyonc
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Preface to the Third Edition Acknowledgments 1. Re-Presenting The Black Female Body: An Introduction 2. Venus and the Hottentot: The Emergence of an Icon 3. The Hottentot Venus Revisited: The Politics of Reclamation 4. The "Batty" Politic: Toward an Aesthetic of the Black Female Body 5. Mirror, Mirror: Framing the Black Female Body for Still and Motion Pictures 6. Remnants of Venus: Evolutions of the Bootylicious Body 7. Shapeshifting: Re-Forming the Body (Geo)Politic Epilogue
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