Description
| Product ID: | 9781408899113 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Hottentot Venus |
| Subtitle: | The Life and Death of Sarah Baartman |
| Authors: | Author: Rachel Holmes |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, History, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-09-17 |