Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus :a ghost story and a biography (Record no. 766971)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number <a href="9781868 14488">9781868 14488</a>
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Original cataloging agency RDA
Transcribing agency 3228
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language English
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 305.896104092 CRAI
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Creator ID 12663
Creator Name Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale
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Modifier Name Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale
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Personal name Crais, Clifton
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Title Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus :a ghost story and a biography
Cover Title Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus
Statement of responsibility, etc. Crais Clifton, Scully Pamela, Flis Leslie
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Johannesburg :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Wits University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 232 pages
Other physical details colour illustrations: map
Dimensions 25 cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note 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.<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-228) and index
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Target audience note Adult
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