Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography by Clifton Crais, Pamela Scully

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography

Clifton Crais, Pamela Scully

232 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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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 refl...

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