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 Authors:	Dominant 7 (Firm), First Run/Icarus Films, Mail & Guardian Television, Société nationale de programme France-Régions, South African Broadcasting Corporation
Other Authors:	Abrahams, Yvette, Brooks, Philip, Brown, Adrian, Daubney, Brian, Docin-Julien, Christian, Farasani, Hlengiwe, Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier, Gavshon, Harriet, Martin, S (Steve), Maseko, Zola, 1967-, Tobias, Phillip V
Format:	Unknown
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [200-?]
Subjects:	Baartman, Sarah 1800 - 1899 Documentary films Exhibitions > Great Britain Films for the hearing impaired Human beings > Exhibitions Human body > Social aspects > Africa Human body > Social aspects > Europe Indigenous peoples > Exhibitions Khoikhoi (African people) > Biography Racism in anthropology > Europe > History > 19th century Racism in popular culture > Europe > History > 19th century Racism > Europe > History > 19th century Somatotypes > Europe > History > 19th century Women, Black > South Africa > Biography Exhibitions Human beings Human body > Social aspects Indigenous peoples Khoikhoi (African people) Public opinion, European Racism in anthropology Racism in popular culture Racism Somatotypes Women, Black Africa > Foreign public opinion, European > History > 19th century Africa Europe Great Britain South Africa Biography Exhibition catalogs History

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Call Number:	Dean Room Videodisc 3694

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

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