Venus Noire

Black Women And Colonial Fantasies In Nineteenth-Century France

by Robin Mitchell
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS, January of 2020 ‧
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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.

Venus Noire

Black Women And Colonial Fantasies In Nineteenth-Century France

by Robin Mitchell

Property Description
ISBN: 9780820354323
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS
Release Date: January of 2020
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Format: Book
Collection: Race In The Atlantic World, 1700–1900
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Europe
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780820354323