When a Woman is Nude : A Critical Visual Analysis of “Harlem” Photograph

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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.

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  1. R Barthes (2003). Extracts from camera lucida.
  2. R Barthes (1999). Myth today.

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Wincharles Coker, Wincharles Coker (PhD Student). 2014. "When a Woman is Nude : A Critical Visual Analysis of “Harlem” Photograph". Global Journal of Human-Social Science - A: Arts & Humanities GJHSS-A Volume 14 (GJHSS Volume 14 Issue 10 (A1)).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

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March 3, 2014

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When a Woman is Nude : A Critical Visual Analysis of “Harlem” Photograph

Wincharles Coker
Wincharles Coker Michigan Technological University
Wincharles Coker (PhD Student)
Wincharles Coker (PhD Student)