Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture by Janell Hobson

Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture

Janell Hobson

192 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative medium-paced
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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 ...

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