Alfred Romero
11/8/2022
Professor Frank
Introduction to Literary Theory & Criticism
Applications #5 Part 2
Mitchell’s basis for the argument already makes sense to me for what it is, so her added support of physical evidence through the different illustrations in the figures she provided strengthened the argument even more for me. The argument presented in the text is so strong that I have trouble finding any reservations I have for it. Part of me, however, may trace back to perspectives found in the concepts of dual marketing strategy. Part of me wonders if this ulterior motive Baartmann served to fulfill may be a thought that’s just too deep. Most of me doubts that, but what if the speculation is just free thought though? I’d like to take this analysis towards the same concept of social groups being used as commodities, but within both works of fiction and other real-life sources. This would widen the spectrum of what’s just thought and what’s legit.
Works Cited:
Mitchell, Robin. 2020. “Venus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France”. University of Georgia Press.
