Black Venus 2010: They Called Her "Hottentot

Name: Black Venus 2010: They Called Her "Hottentot
Brand: Temple University Press
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paperback – January 8, 2010

by Willis, Deborah

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ISBN-13: 9781439902059 ISBN-10: 1439902054

Publisher

Temple University Press

Binding

paperback

Published

January 8, 2010

Weight

1.2 lbs

Dimensions

25.40×1.80×17.80 cm

About this book

Black Venus 2010: They Called Her "Hottentot" by Willis, Deborah. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781439902059.

Discusses Sarah Baartmans life as an ethnographic specimen in the early nineteenth century, and assesses her representation as the "Hottentot Venus" in contemporary art and the broader issue of the historic display of black women in history.