African Queen
Subtitle: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus
Publisher: Random House
Published: January 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781400061365
Subjects: History; Social conditions; Europe; History Of Women (General); Race And Ethnic Relations; Women, Khoikhoi; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Reference; Biography/Autobiography; People of Color; General; Ethnic Cultures - General; Women; Biography & Autobiography / General; Historical - General; 19th century; Biography
Description: 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.