The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman

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ISBN-10:

1408899116

ISBN-13:

9781408899113

Author(s): Holmes, Rachel
Released: Sep 17, 2020
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
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Description:

'A significant and timely book . Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story' Frances Wilson, Literary Review\nIn 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, London's most famous curiosity, became its legal cause célèbre. Famed for her exquisite physique - in particular her shapely bottom - she was stared at, stripped, pinched, painted, worshipped and ridiculed. This talented, tragic young South African woman became a symbol of exploitation, colonialism - and defiance.\nIn this scintillating and vividly written book Rachel Holmes traces the full arc of Baartman's extraordinary life for the first time.


























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