TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One
RE-PRESENTING THE BLACK FEMALE BODY: AN INTRODUCTION
Chapter Two
VENUS AND THE HOTTENTOT: THE EMERGENCE OF AN ICON
Chapter Three
THE HOTTENTOT VENUS REVISITED: THE POLITICS OF RECLAMATION
Chapter Four
THE "BATTY" POLITIC: TOWARD AN AESTHETIC OF THE BLACK FEMALE BODY
Chapter Five
MIRROR, MIRROR: FRAMING THE BLACK FEMALE BODY FOR STILL AND MOTION PICTURES
Epilogue
"La Venus Hottentote. Sara, a woman of the Hottentot race, 25 years old, observed, drawn and painted in the Natural History Museum in March, 1815." 42 X 29.7 cm. Engraved by Louis-Jean Allais from the painting by J. B. Berre. (Courtesy of the collection of the Musee de l'Homme, Paris.)