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Article: Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, ed. Skin Deep, Spirit Strong: The Black Female Body in American Culture.(Book Review)
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- African American Review
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- March 22, 2005
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Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, ed. Skin Deep, Spirit Strong: The Black Female Body in American Culture. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2002. 350 pp. $24.95.
This well-conceived volume organizes 13 recent essays on the Black female body into a highly readable collection that not only provides an overview of scholarship in the field but also begins to chart new directions for further work. Three features distinguish the collection: first, the range of disciplinary approaches (contributions appear from scholars of history, literature, art history, history of science, performance studies, Women's Studies, American Studies, African American Studies, photography and film); ...