{"product_id":"9781408899113-the-hottentot-venus","title":"The Hottentot Venus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Life and Death of Sarah Baartman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A significant and timely book … Holmes has produced a laceratingly powerful story’ \u003c\/b\u003eFrances Wilson, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eImpeccable . In telling her extraordinary story, Holmes's fascinating book illuminates the forces which dominated her age, and resound in our own' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1810 the slave turned showgirl Sarah Baartman, London’s most famous curiosity, became its legal \u003ci\u003ecause\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ecélèbre\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this scintillating and vividly written book Rachel Holmes traces the full arc of Baartman’s extraordinary life for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943908192353,"sku":"9781408899113","price":9.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27618548.jpg?v=1721920134","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408899113-the-hottentot-venus","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}