{"product_id":"black-venus-2010-9781439902042","title":"Black Venus 2010","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the \"Hottentot Venus\"; reflections on the representation of a black female icon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Willis (Posing Beauty) offers a comprehensive, inclusive, and coherently organized anthology that embraces 'scholarly and lyrical, historical and reflexive' responses to Baartman, as a woman, as a black woman, as an object, as an icon, as an inspiration to creative artists, and as a catalyst to scholars. The book moves from Baartman's life and times to an assessment of the figure of the \"Hottentot Venus\" in contemporary art and a broader consideration of the historic public display of black women. Appended is a photo gallery that is as essential and diverse as the texts. This remarkable volume satisfies the academic reader with scholarly essays and moves the general reader with its creative expression, making it fascinating and accessible to any one.\" -Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003ePrologue: The Venus Hottentot (1825) \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Alexander\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Notion of Venus \u003ci\u003eDeborah Willis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: Sarah Baartman in Context\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. The Hottentot and the Prostitute: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality \u003ci\u003eSander Gilman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e2. Another Means of Understanding the Gaze: Sarah Bartmann in the Development of Nineteenth-Century French National Identity \u003ci\u003eRobin Mitchell\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Which Bodies Matter? Feminism, Post-Structuralism, Race, and the Curious Theoretical Odyssey of the “Hottentot Venus” \u003ci\u003eZine Magubane\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e4. Exhibit A: Private Life without a Narrative \u003ci\u003eJ. Yolande Daniels\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e5. crucifix \u003ci\u003eHolly Bass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: Sarah Baartman’s Legacy in Art and Art History\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e6. Historic Retrievals: Confronting Visual Evidence and the Imaging of Truth \u003ci\u003eLisa Gail Collins\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Reclaiming Venus: The Presence of Sarah Bartmann in Contemporary Art \u003ci\u003eDebra S. Singer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e8. Playing with Venus: Black Women Artists and the Venus Trope in Contemporary Visual Art \u003ci\u003eKianga K. Ford\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e9. Talk of the Town \u003ci\u003eManthia Diawara\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e10. The “Hottentot Venus” in Canada: Modernism, Censorship, and the Racial Limits of Female Sexuality \u003ci\u003eCharmaine Nelson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e11. A.K.A. Saartjie: The “Hottentot Venus” in Context (Some Recollections and a Dialogue), 1998\/2004 \u003ci\u003eKellie Jones\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e12. little sarah \u003ci\u003eLinda Susan Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III: Sarah Baartman and Black Women as Public Spectacle\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e13. The Greatest Show on Earth: For Saartjie Baartman, Joice Heth, Anarcha of Alabama, Truuginini, and Us All \u003ci\u003eNikky Finney\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e14. The Imperial Gaze: Venus Hottentot, Human Display, and World’s Fairs \u003ci\u003eMichele Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e15. Cinderella Tours Europe \u003ci\u003eCheryl Finley\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e16. Mirror Sisters: Aunt Jemima as the Antonym\/Extension of Saartjie Bartmann \u003ci\u003eMichael D. Harris\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e17. My Wife as Venus \u003ci\u003eE. Ethelbert Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV: Iconic Women in the Twentieth Century\/b\u0026gt; \u003cbr\u003e18. agape \u003ci\u003eHolly Bass\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e19. Black\/Female\/Bodies Carnivalized in Spectacle and Space \u003ci\u003eCarole Boyce Davies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e20. Sighting the “Real” Josephine Baker: Methods and Issues of Black Star Studies \u003ci\u003eTerri Francis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e21. The Hoodrat Theory \u003ci\u003eWilliam Jelani Cobb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue: I’ve Come to Take You Home (Tribute to Sarah Bartmann Written in Holland, June 1998) \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eContributors \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408302448983,"sku":"9781439902042","price":61.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439902042.jpg?v=1730502352","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-venus-2010-9781439902042","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}