The life and times of Sara Baartman "The Hottentot Venus" /

The life and times of Sara Baartman "The Hottentot Venus" /

A documentary film of the life a Khoikhoi woman who was taken from South Africa in 1810 and exhibited as a freak across Britain. The image and ideas for "The Hottentot Venus" (particularly the interest in her sexual anatomy) swept through British popular culture. A court battle waged by ab...

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Corporate Author: Dominant 7 (Firm)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Published:New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998]
Subjects:
Baartman, Sarah.
Khoikhoi (African people) > Biography.
Women, Black > South Africa > Biography.
Somatotypes > Europe > History > 19th century.
Racism > Europe > History > 19th century.
Racism in anthropology > Europe > History > 19th century.
Racism in popular culture > Europe > History > 19th century.
Human body > Social aspects > Africa.
Human body > Social aspects > Europe.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
DVD-Video discs.

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Call Number: DT1058.K56 L544 1998x(DVD)
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