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Vénus noire : black women and colonial fantasies in nineteenth-century France /

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Even though there were relatively few people of color in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women in particular appeared repeatedly in a variety of French cultural sectors and social milieus. In Vénus Noire, Robin Mitchell shows how these literary and visual depictions o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Robin, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2020]
Series:Race in the Atlantic world, 1700-1900.
Subjects:
Baartman, Sarah.
Duras, Claire de Durfort, > duchesse de, > 1777-1828. > Ourika.
Duval, Jeanne > In literature.
Women, Black > France > Public opinion.
Women, Black, in literature.
Women, Black, in popular culture > France.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > France > History.
African diaspora.
Racism > France > History.
Sexism > France > History.
France > Race relations > History.

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