Black Venus: African Women in 19th Century France with Dr. Robin Mitchell

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Black Venus: African Women in 19th Century France with Dr. Robin Mitchell

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Jan 25, 2020

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In this special episode, I interview Dr. Robin Mitchell on her new book Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France. We talk about three African women, Ourika, Sarah Baartmann and Jeanne Duval, and how each women reflected and embodied different anxieties felt by France in its tumultuous 19th century.

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Jan 25, 2020

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A weekly history podcast that will cover France from 3 million years ago to present. Presented by Gary Girod, with contributions by numerous scholars.

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Black Venus: African Women in 19th Century France with Dr. Robin Mitchell

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