Brown bodies have no glory: and exploration of black women's pornographic images from Sara Baartman to the present, 2009
Carter, Shemetra M.
2000-2009
This study examines the pornographic images of black women from Sara Baartman, the Venus Hottentot, to the Middle Passage, the Auction Block, Plantation Life, Harlem Renaissance, Blaxpomploitation movies, mainstream contemporary cinema, and pornography. It is based on the premise that throughout history black womens images have been pornographic. The researcher found that the pornographic images present in todays visual media are outgrowths of the debilitating, racialized and sexualized images of black women historically. The conclusion drawn from the findings suggests that black womens images in cinema continue to subjugate and objectify black women on and off screen.
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2009-07-01
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Master of Arts (MA)
Clark Atlanta University
School of Arts and Sciences, African-American Studies
Black, Daniel O. Moss, Barbara
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2009_carter_shemetra_m