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Black Venus
Deborah . Ed(S): Willis
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Description for Black Venus
hardcover. Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the "Hottentot Venus"; reflections on the representation of a black female icon Editor(s): Willis, Deborah. Num Pages: 256 pages, 42 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the
Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439902042
SKU
V9781439902042
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About Deborah . Ed(S): Willis
Deborah Willis is a University Professor and chair of the Photography and Imaging Department in the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She has an affiliated appointment with the College of Arts and Sciences. Willis is a Guggenheim, Fletcher, and MacArthur Fellow, as well as a recipient of the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation award. Willis is a ... Read more
Reviews for Black Venus
"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 ... Read more