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When a woman is nude : A critical visual analysis of “Harlem” photograph

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dc.contributor.author Coker, Wincharles
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-10T11:18:07Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-10T11:18:07Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6417
dc.description 5p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper offers an alternative oppositional reading against the obvious, dominant taken-for-granted codes of scopophilia by which Aaron Siskind’s “Harlem” photograph is interpreted. The paper draws primarily on the works of French thinkers Roland Barthes and Jean Baudrillard to make the case that the nudity of the Black woman evokes a false sexual pathos and heigthens the fetishization of her body en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Body en_US
dc.subject Code en_US
dc.subject Fetish en_US
dc.subject Nudity en_US
dc.subject Scopophilia en_US
dc.title When a woman is nude : A critical visual analysis of “Harlem” photograph en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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