The Hottentot Venus : The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman Paperback / softback
by Rachel Holmes
Paperback / softback
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The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl‘A significant and timely book … Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story’ Frances Wilson, Literary Review'Impeccable ...
In telling her extraordinary story, Holmes's fascinating book illuminates the forces which dominated her age, and resound in our own' Sunday TelegraphIn 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. 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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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781408899113
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/09/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781408899113