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Cultures in Babylon XMAS NR Lonely Planet's local travel expertsBringing together multi award winning author Hazel Carbys most important and influential essays, <i>Cultures in Babylon< i> addresses the political dilemmas of representing Black women as sexual subjects, considers how far female sexuality is exploited by consumerism, and traces the contradictions Black women in the culture industry navigate. Carbys writing is invariably sharp and provocative, her political insights shrewd and often against the grain.