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Author : Rachel Holmes
Paperback
Published : Thursday 17 September 2020
ISBN : 9781408899113
Price : €12.86

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The acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirlâ?~A significant and timely book â?▌ Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful storyâ?T Frances Wilson, Literary Review'Impeccable ... In telling her extraordinary story, Holmes's fascinating book illuminates the forces which dominated her age, and resound in our own' Sunday TelegraphIn 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, Londonâ?Ts most famous curiosity, became its legal cause cAclA"bre. Famed for her exquisite physique â?" in particular her shapely bottom â?" she was stared at, stripped, pinched, painted, worshipped and ridiculed. This talented, tragic young South African woman became a symbol of exploitation, colonialism â?" and defiance. In this scintillating and vividly written book Rachel Holmes traces the full arc of Baartmanâ?Ts extraordinary life for the first time.