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The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus" /

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 ab...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Dominant 7 (Firm), Mail & Guardian Television, Société nationale de programme France-Régions, South African Broadcasting Corporation, First Run/Icarus Films
Other Authors: Brooks, Philip, Gavshon, Harriet, Maseko, Zola, 1967-, Brown, Adrian, Farasani, Hlengiwe, Tobias, Phillip V., Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier, Martin, Steve, Daubney, Brian, Docin-Julien, Christian
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English and French with English subtitles.
Published: New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998]
Subjects:
Baartman, Sarah.
African Continental Ancestry Group > history > England.
African Continental Ancestry Group > history > France.
Exhibits as Topic > England.
Exhibits as Topic > France.
History, 19th Century > England.
History, 19th Century > France.
Human Body > England.
Human Body > France.
Prejudice > England.
Prejudice > France.
Somatotypes > England.
Somatotypes > France.
Women > history > England.
Women > history > France.
Khoikhoi (African people) > Biography.
Women, Black > South Africa > Biography.
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.
Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1998.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of cinematography, Giulio Biccari ; editor, Lise Beaulieu ; original music composed by Pops Mohamed, performed by Gloria Bosman.