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28%OFFClifton Crais - Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography - 9780691147963 - V9780691147963
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Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography

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Description for Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography Paperback. Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day. This book tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. It raises questions about the possibilities and limits of biography for understanding those who live among different cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; BGH; HBTQ; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day, and also one of the least known. As the Hottentot Venus, she was seen by Westerners as alluring and primitive, a reflection of their fears and suppressed desires. But who was Sara Baartman? Who was the woman who became the Hottentot Venus? Based on research and interviews that span three continents, Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus tells the entwined histories of an illusive life and a famous icon. In doing so, the book raises questions ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
377g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691147963
SKU
V9780691147963
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Clifton Crais
Clifton Crais is professor of history at Emory University. He is the author of "The Politics of Evil". Pamela Scully is professor of women's studies and African studies at Emory University. She is the author of "Liberating the Family?"

Reviews for Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
"Professors Clifton Crais and Pamela Scully of Emory University have done an excellent job not only of telling this rebarbative story but of putting it into the context of its time... No one, however, has succeeded as well as Crais and Scully in illuminating not only her important role as icon and symbol but, so important, the human being behind ... Read more

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