Application #5 pt. 2
Looking at the topic in this way is important because it begins to explain how one human could possibly do this to another. The acts done onto Baartmann were incredibly horriffic and inhumane, so understanding why it happened is vital in making sure it doesn’t happen again. Particularly, looking at the forms of media used to depict Baartmann shows viewers the extreme overaggerations the French used as propaganda. This helps Mitchell make the claim that the commidifaction of Baartmann was…
Application #5 pt. 1
For application number five, I will be discussing chapter two of Vénus Noir by Robin Mitchell, Entering Darkness: Colonial Anxities and the Cultural Production of Sarah Baartmann. Mitchell discusses the motives behind the commidification of Baartmann, claiming that it was due to repercussions of the French Revolution. “Historians generally agree that the Restoration saw enormous cultural and political changes that ultimately destabilized social markers such as gender, sexuality, and class” (Mitchell 55). Mitchell furthers her argument by introducing a secondary…
