Vénus Noire Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France |
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| Author:
| Mitchell, Robin |
| Series title: | Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-5432-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $178.20 |
Book Description:
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Even though there were relatively few people of colour in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women appeared regularly in a variety of French cultural sectors and social milieus. Robin Mitchell shows how these literary and visual depictions of black women helped to shape the country's postrevolutionary national identity.
Even though there were relatively few people of colour in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women appeared regularly in a variety of French cultural sectors and social milieus. Robin Mitchell shows how these literary and visual depictions of black women helped to shape the country's postrevolutionary national identity.