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When a Woman is Nude : A Critical Visual Analysis of βHarlemβ Photograph
Global Journal of Human Social Sciences
March 3, 2014
This paper offers an alternative oppositional reading against the obvious, dominant taken-for-granted codes of scopophilia by which Aaron SiskindΓ’β¬β’s Γ’β¬ΕHarlemΓ’β¬Β 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.
