Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography Paperback - 2010
by Clifton Crais; Pamela Scully
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"Finally, an authoritative account of the mythologized life of Sara Baartman. The meticulously researched subject comes to life in the hands of historians Crais and Scully, who skillfully negotiate the pitfalls of writing historical biography. The authors make a delicate distinction between the woman, Sara Baartman, and the iconic Hottentot Venus, in this elegantly written, passionate, compassionate, and carefully contextualized study, in which their findings are nevertheless unflinchingly presented. Magnificent--an outstanding contribution to South African culture, past and present."--Zo Wicomb, author of You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town
"Crais and Scully have produced a definitive study of Sara Baartman and the many lives of the so-called Hottentot Venus. This is a wonderful book that has both intellectual interest and emotional power--I think it will be established as the authoritative account."--Elizabeth Elbourne, McGill University
"An eloquently written story demonstrating meticulous archival research, this book makes an important contribution to scholarly debates about biography. Using a range of previously unrecovered sources, Crais and Scully apply their theoretical insights about 'heterography' to the life of Sara Baartman, moving well beyond her role as the Hottentot Venus by reclaiming her life in the fullness of lived experience."--Kerry Ward, Rice University
"In the very act of demonstrating the impossibility of knowing Sarah Baartman, the authors of this remarkable book have restored her humanity. This is less a biography than an anti-biography, a searing work of social history that acknowledges the deep silence that surrounds so much of human history. A richly researched and deeply moving work."--Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
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- Title Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
- Author Clifton Crais; Pamela Scully
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 248
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
- Date 2010-12-05
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780691147963 / 0691147965
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Cultural Region: Southern Africa
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Ethnic Orientation: African
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Baartman, Sarah, Women, Khoikhoi
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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