RT Conference Proceedings T1 Dark (neo)Victorians: Race and the Empire in Belinda Starling’s The Journal of Dora Damage and Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Hottentot Venus. A1 Martín-González, Juan José K1 Starling, Belinda K1 Chase-Riboud, Barbara AB This chapter provides a close reading on the neo-Victorian novels Belinda Starling’s The Journal of Dora Damage (2007) and Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Hottentot Venus (2004). Aimed at providing a more hybrid perspective on Victorian Age, these neo-Victorian texts adopt a postcolonial stance in their historical reconstruction of black subjects in Victorian England. Additionally, I will evince how these novels complement recent historical perspectives into ‘black’ European history and operate as vehicles to illustrate the latest criticisms on postcolonial thought. PB Universidad de Alcalá, Servicio de Publicaciones SN 978-84-16599-11-0 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39440 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39440 LA eng NO https://aedean.org/wp-content/uploads/actas_aedean_alcala_2014.pdf DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026