‘A significant and timely book … Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story’ Frances Wilson, Literary Review
In 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, London’s most famous curiosity, became its legal cause célèbre. Famed for her exquisite physique – in particular her shapely bottom – she was stared at, stripped, pinched, painted, worshipped and ridiculed. This talented, tragic young South African woman became a symbol of exploitation, colonialism – and defiance.
In this scintillating and vividly written book Rachel Holmes traces the full arc of Baartman’s extraordinary life for the first time.
- ISBN10 1408899116
- ISBN13 9781408899113
- Publish Date 17 September 2020 (first published 19 March 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English