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The Hottentot Venus

The Hottentot Venus

The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman

by Rachel Holmes
Paperback
Publication Date: 05/01/2021

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In 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.

ISBN:
9781408899113
9781408899113
Category:
History
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
05-01-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
197x129x20mm
Weight:
0.22kg

'A significant and timely book … Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story'
Frances Wilson, Literary Review

“Holmes' biography of this unhappy woman is gripping and meticulously researched”
– Spectator

“Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story, Holmes's fascinating book illuminates the forces which dominated her age, and resound in our own”
– Sunday Telegraph

Rachel Holmes

Rachel Holmes is the author of Eleanor Marx: A Life, The Secret Life of Dr James Barry and The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman.

She is co-editor of Fifty Shades of Feminism and I Call Myself A Feminist. She lives in London.

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