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Contents Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Re-presenting the Black Female Body: An Introduction Chapter 2. Venus and the Hottentot: Toward an Iconography of Black Female Sexuality Chapter 3. The Hottentot Venus Revisited: the Politics of Reclamation Chapter 4. The "Batty" Politic: Toward an Aesthetic of the Black Female Body Chapter 5. Mirror, Mirror: Framing the Black Female Body for Still and Motion Pictures Epilogue Notes Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Women in popular culture.
Body, Human in popular culture.
Women, Black.
Beauty, Personal -- Social aspects.