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The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus"
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- Summary
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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 inte...
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 abolitionists to free her from her exhibitors failed. In 1814, a year before her death, she was taken to France and became the object of scientific research that formed the bedrock of European ideas about black female sexuality.
Details
- Creator
- Dominant 7 [and others] present ; a film by Zola Maseko ; produced by Philip Brooks and Harriet Gavshon ; directed by Zola Maseko
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Icarus Films, [1998]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (52 min.) : sound, color
- OCLC
- ocn826823142
- Credits
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- Voices: Zola Maseko, Adrian Brown, Hlengiwe Farasani
- Commentary: Phillip Tobias, Francois-Xavier Fauvelle, Yvette Abrahams, Steve Martin, Brian Daubney
- Narration written by Christian Docin-Julien ; camera, Giulio Biccari ; editor, Lise Beaulieu ; original music composed by Pops Mohamed, performed by Pops Mohamed and Gloria Bosman
- Originally produced in 1998.
- Chiefly in English; some segments in French with English subtitles. Optional captions for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Origins : Khoi Khoi in South Africa -- London -- France -- In her own words -- Georges Cuvier & scientific imperialism -- Scientific racism -- Home
Subjects
- Baartman, Sarah.
- Khoikhoi (African people) -- Biography.
- Women, Black -- South Africa -- Biography.
- Somatotypes -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
- Racism -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
- Racism in anthropology -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
- Racism in popular culture -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
- Human body -- Social aspects -- Africa.
- Human body -- Social aspects -- Europe.