01766nam a22001937a 4500 20240902103011.0 240902b sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781868 14488 hbk RDA 3228 E 305.896104092 CRAI Crais, Clifton 146177 Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus :a ghost story and a biography Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus Crais Clifton, Scully Pamela, Flis Leslie Johannesburg : Wits University Press, 2009. xiv, 232 pages colour illustrations: map 25 cm Summary"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 Adult ddc BOOK 12663 Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale 12663 Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale 766971 766970