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2376068The Hottentot Venushttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-hottentot-venus-9781408881514/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2096131/240b0ba6-50cf-4597-8932-79dd60161e0a.jpg?v=638383503690700000219249MXNBloomsbury PublishingInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl</strong></p><p><strong>A significant and timely book Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story</strong> Frances Wilson, <em>Literary Review</em></p><p><strong>Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story, Holmess fascinating book illuminates the forces which dominated her age, and resound in our own</strong> <em>Sunday Telegraph</em></p><p>In 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, Londons most famous curiosity, became its legal <em>cause</em> <em>célbre</em>. 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.</p><p>In this scintillating and vividly written book Rachel Holmes traces the full arc of Baartmans extraordinary life for the first time.</p>...2312010The Hottentot Venus219249https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-hottentot-venus-9781408881514/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2096131/240b0ba6-50cf-4597-8932-79dd60161e0a.jpg?v=638383503690700000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169781408881514_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_<p><strong>The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl</strong></p><p><strong>A significant and timely book Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story</strong> Frances Wilson, <em>Literary Review</em></p><p><strong>Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story, Holmess fascinating book illuminates the forces which dominated her age, and resound in our own</strong> <em>Sunday Telegraph</em></p><p>In 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, Londons most famous curiosity, became its legal <em>cause</em> <em>célbre</em>. 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.</p><p>In this scintillating and vividly written book Rachel Holmes traces the full arc of Baartmans extraordinary life for the first time.</p>9781408881514_Bloomsbury Publishinglibro_electonico_f4919a38-af18-3ce0-8d26-e96a37a775dc_9781408881514;9781408881514_9781408881514Rachel HolmesInglésMéxico2016-05-19T00:00:00+00:00Bloomsbury Publishing