Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robin MitchellSeries:Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 #34Publish date:2020-01-01Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820354316ISBN-10:820354317UPC:9780820354316Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Europe, ModernBook Topic:France, 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCGSPZ1Q4H
Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France
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 V?nus Noire, Robin Mitchell shows how these literary and visual depictions of black women helped to shape the country's postrevolutionary national identity, particularly in...
Series: Race in the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 #34
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Georgia PressISBN-13:9780820354316ISBN-10:820354317UPC:9780820354316Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Women, Europe, ModernBook Topic:France, 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SCGSPZ1Q4H
ROBIN MITCHELL is the College of Arts and Sciences Endowed Professor and an associate professor in the History Department (with an affiliation with the Department of Africana & American Studies) at the University of Buffalo.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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