Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices

Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 229
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ISBN-10 : 9789004407916
ISBN-13 : 900440791X
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Download or read book Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the figure of Black Venus in literature and visual arts from different periods and geographies, Exploring the Black Venus Figure in Aesthetic Practices discusses how aesthetic practices may restore the racialized female body in feminist, anti-racist and postcolonial terms.


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