What is the main argument(s) Why did the author(s) write the article or chapter?

What are the data used as evidence by the author to support the claims he/she makes in his/her argument?

What is useful about the reading(s)?

Were any of the points made questionable? If so, why?

What points, issues, or terms would you like to discuss or have clarified?

How do the various readings assigned inform each other? Contradict? Raise new questions?

PowerPoint: Black Body- Femininity 

• Magubane, Zine. 2001, “Which Bodies Matter? Feminism, Poststructuralism, Race, and the Curious Theoretical Odyssey of the “Hottentot Venus.” Gender & Society, Vol. 15, n.6, December: 816-834.
• Hooks, Bell 1992 “Selling Hot Pussy: Representations of Black Female Sexuality in the Cultural Marketplace” in Black Looks: Race and Representation. Boston: South End Press, pp.61-78.
• Film: The Life and Times of Sara Baartman (Links to an external site.), or The Life and Times of Sara Baartman (

Choose which source to discuss