Venus in the Dark : Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture (Hardcover, 3 ed)

Preface to the Third Edition? ?Acknowledgements??1. Re-Presenting The Black Female Body: An Introduction??2. Venus and the Hottentot: The Emergence of an Icon??3. The Hottentot Venus Revisited: The Politics of Reclamation??4. The "Batty" Politic: Toward an Aesthetic of the Black Female Body??5. Mirror, Mirror: Framing the Black Female Body for Still and Motion Pictures??6. Remnants of Venus: Evolutions of the Bootylicious Body??7. Shapeshifting: Re-forming the Body (Geo)Politic? ?Epilogue