01792nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000230005804000140008104100060009508200230010110000270012424501170015126000500026830000540031850411170037252100100148994200800149999900190157920240902101416.0240902b        sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781868 14488qhbk  aRDAc3228  2E  a305.896104092 CRAI  aCrais, Clifton9146177  aSara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus:ba ghost story and a biographycCrais Clifton, Scully Pamela, Flis Leslie  aJohannesburg :bWits University Press,c2009.  axiv, 232 pagesbcolour illustrations: mapc 25 cm  aSummary: "Based on research and interviews that span three continents, this book tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. In doing so, the book raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live between and among different cultures. In reconstructing Sara Baartman's life, the book traverses the South African frontier and its genocidal violence, cosmopolitan Cape Town, the ending of the slave trade, the Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, London and Parisian high society, and the rise of racial science. The authors discuss the ramifications of discovering that when Baartman went to London, she was older than originally assumed, and they explore the enduring impact of the Hottentot Venus on ideas about women, race, and sexuality. The book concludes with the politics involved in returning Baartman's remains to her home country and connects Baartman's story to her descendants in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Africa"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index  aAdult  2ddccBOOKw12663xPriscilla Nozizwe Mogaley12663zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale  c766970d766969