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| | Hottentot Venus, Vagina Dentata Bibliography/Discussion |
 | | I want to find some reading material to assign students, most of whom are, I have found, not particularly skilled readers, about Sarah B?, the so-called Hottentot Venus, an African woman who was displayed as a curiosity in Europe, and about the idea of the "vagina dentata" or vagina with teeth. |
 | | Raitt, Jill an article on "vagina dentata", Journal of the American Academy of Religion, vol. |
 | | It was easy to explain the "original myths" of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, opium and venereal disease to my audiences, but I had difficulty coming up with a reason for the odd popularity of this particular folk motif. |
| www.h-net.org /~women/bibs/venus.html (762 words) |
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