Black Venus 2010

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Black Venus 2010
Author : Deborah Willis
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Publisher : Temple University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 08 January 2010
ISBN : 9781439902066
Pages : 281 pages
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Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the "Hottentot Venus."

Black Venus 2010

Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imagine the "Hottentot Venus."

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Black Venus

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