Spring 2010

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Black Venus 2010

Catalog Design: HOFFMAN STUDIO

SPRING 2010

Contents

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, Tyranny of the Minority 23

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, Women’s Activism and Feminist Agency inMozambique and Nicaragua 25

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, Wrongful Conviction 24

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, Pedagogy of Democracy 25

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, The Delinquent Girl 24

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, Travels of William Bartram Reconsidered 26

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, Latino Lives in America 14

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, Black Venus 2010 1

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, Mobilizing Communities 10

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, The Public and Its Possibilites 3

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, Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China 12

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, Nearest East 19

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, Global Philadelphia 13

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, Workers of the World, Enjoy! 21

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, Cleavage Politics and the Populist Right 22

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, Invasion of the Mind Snatchers 2

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, Ethical Borders 8

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, Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument 16

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, Essays on Twentieth Century History 18

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, The Wars We Inherit 4

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, The Machinery of Whiteness 15

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288 pp., 42 illustrations, 7 x 10"Paper 978-1-4399-0205-9

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Black Venus 2010

They Called Her “Httentt”

Edited by Deborah Willis

Analyzing contemporaneous and contemporary works that re-imaginethe “Hottentot Venus”

As a yung Suth Afrcan wman f abut 20, Saartje Baartman, thes-called “Httentt Venus,” was brught t Lndn and placed nexhbt n 1810. Clad n the Vctran equvalent f a bdy stckng andparaded thrugh the streets and n stage n a cage, she became ahuman spectacle n Lndn and Pars. Baartman’s dstnctve physquebecame the bject f rdcule, cursty, scentc nqury, and desreuntl and after her premature death. The gure f Saartje Baartmanwas reduced t her sexual parts.

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traces Baartman’s memry n ur cllectve hs-tres, as well as her symblc hstry n the cnstructn and denttyf black wmen as artsts, perfrmers, and cns. The wde-rangngessays, pems, and mages n

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represent sme f the mst cmpellng respnses t Baartman. Each ne grapples wththe endurng legacy f ths yung Afrcan wman wh frever remansa tuchstne fr black wmen.Cntrbutrs nclude: Elzabeth Alexander, Hlly Bass, Petrushka A. Bazn, Wllam Jelan Cbb, Lsa Gal Cllns, Renée Cx, J. YlandeDanels, Carle Byce Daves, Len de Wally, Mantha Dawara, DanaFerrus, Cheryl Fnley, Nkky Fnney, Kanga K. Frd, Terr Francs,Sander Glman, Renée Green, Jy Gregry, Lyle Ashtn Harrs,Mchael D. Harrs, Lnda Susan Jacksn, Kelle Jnes, RshnKempad, Smne Legh, Zne Magubane, E. Ethelbert Mller, RbnMtchell, Charmane Nelsn, Tracey Rse, Radclffe Rye, BernadetteSearle, Lrna Smpsn, Debra S. Snger, Penny Sps, Hank Wlls Thmas, Kara Walker, Mchele Wallace, Carla Wllams, Carre MaeWeems, J. T. Zealy, and the edtr.

DEBoRAH WiLLiS s Unversty Prfessr and char f thePhtgraphy and imagng Department n the Tsch Schl f the Arts, New Yrk Unversty. She has an aflated appntment wth theCllege f Arts and Scences. Wlls s a Guggenhem, Fletcher, andMacArthur Fellw, as well as a recpent f the Annymus Was aWman Fundatn award. Wlls als s a phtgrapher and curatrf Afrcan Amercan culture. Her publcatns nclude

Obama:The Historic Campaign in Photographs

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The Black Female Body: A Photographic History

wth Carla Wllams (Temple); and

PosingBeauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present

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Pht: Jefe Ptheea samel, Pdct stll fm Thh a Le Dal Flm ad Mltmeda Pject

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