The Hottentot Venus : the life and death of Saartjie Baartman : born 1789 - buried 2002
Holmes, Rachel2020
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In 1810 the slave turned showgirl Saartjie 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. In 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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Author:
Holmes, Rachel, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2020.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2007.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408899113 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.488961
Language:
English
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BRN:
1892801