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Representation and Black Womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman
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Product Description: Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the "Hottentot Venus" - as "victimized" African woman, "Mother" of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countless women of the African Diaspora - has led to an outpouring of essays, biographies, films, interviews, art installations, and centers, comprising a virtual archive that seeks to find some meaning in her persona...read more
By Natasha Gordon-chipembere (editor)
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9780230117792 | Palgrave Macmillan, July 15, 2011, cover price $110.00 | About this edition: Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the "Hottentot Venus" - as "victimized" African woman, "Mother" of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countless women of the African Diaspora - has led to countless essays, biographies, films, interviews, art installations, and research centers, comprising a virtual archive that seeks to find some meaning in her persona.

Paperback:

9781137581600 | Reprint edition (Palgrave Macmillan, February 16, 2016), cover price $34.00 | About this edition: Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the "Hottentot Venus" - as "victimized" African woman, "Mother" of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countless women of the African Diaspora - has led to an outpouring of essays, biographies, films, interviews, art installations, and centers, comprising a virtual archive that seeks to find some meaning in her persona.
9780201166224, titled "Hagamos Camimos: Volamos Teacher" | Addison-Wesley, June 1, 1985, cover price $31.52 | also contains Hagamos Camimos: Volamos Teacher

Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus: A Ghost Story and a Biography
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By Pamela Scully
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9780691135809 | Princeton Univ Pr, November 3, 2008, cover price $45.00

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9780691147963 | Reprint edition (Princeton Univ Pr, November 15, 2010), cover price $27.95

The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman (Born 1789 - Buried 2002)
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Product Description: In 1810 Saartjie Baartman was London's most famous curiosity. Famed for her exquisite physique - in particular her shapely bottom - she was stared at, stripped, pinched, painted, worshipped and ridiculed. But this tragic young South African woman was also a symbol of the abolished slave trade, exploitation and colonialism...read more
By Rachel Holmes
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9780747577768 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, March 19, 2007, cover price $29.45

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9780747592846, titled "The Hottentot Venus: The Life and Death of Saartjie Baartman: Born 1789 - Buried 2002" | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, March 17, 2008, cover price $16.45 | About this edition: In 1810 Saartjie Baartman was London's most famous curiosity.

African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus
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A succinct portrait of Saartjie Baartman, a young South African woman kidnapped from her native land and shipped to England, where she became known as the Hottentot Venus and became the focus for late Georgian attitudes toward sex, race, colonialism, exploitation, prurience, and science. 10,000 first printing.
By Rachel Holmes
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9781400061365 | Random House Inc, January 2, 2007, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Profiles Saartjie Baartman, a South African woman shipped to England, where she became known as the Hottentot Venus and became the focus for late Georgian attitudes toward sex, race, colonialism, exploitation, prurience, and science.

Hagamos Camimos: Volamos Teacher
By Alma Flor Ada
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9780201166224 | Addison-Wesley, June 1, 1985, cover price $31.52 | also contains Representation and Black Womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman

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