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The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus"
- Title
- The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus" / a film by Zola Maseko ; [present] Dominant 7, Mail & Guardian Television, France 3 and SABC 2.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Moving image | Request in advance | *UGS-2017 [Video] | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Maseko, Zola, 1967-
- Brown, Adrian.
- Farasani, Hlengiwe.
- Gavshon, Harriet.
- Tobias, Phillip V.
- Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier.
- Abrahams, Yvette.
- Martin, S. (Steve)
- Daubney, Brian.
- Docin-Julien, Christian.
- Dominant 7 (Firm)
- Mail & Guardian Television.
- Société nationale de programme France-Régions.
- South African Broadcasting Corporation.
- First Run/Icarus Films.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (52 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Hottentot Venus
- Subjects
- Racism > Europe > History > 19th century
- Racism in popular culture > Europe > History > 19th century
- Africa > Foreign public opinion, European > History > 19th century
- Indigenous peoples > Exhibitions
- Baartman, Sarah
- Human body > Social aspects > Africa
- Human body > Social aspects > Europe
- Women, Black > South Africa > History > 19th century
- Exhibitions > Great Britain
- Racism in anthropology > Europe > History > 19th century
- Human beings > Exhibitions
- Khoikhoi (African people) > Biography
- Somatotypes > Europe > History > 19th century
- Performer (note)
- Voices, Zola Maseko, Adrian Brown, Hlengiwe Farasani.
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- Language (note)
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- Call Number
- *UGS-2017
- OCLC
- 42139617
- Title
- The life and times of Sara Baartman : "The Hottentot Venus" / a film by Zola Maseko ; [present] Dominant 7, Mail & Guardian Television, France 3 and SABC 2.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : First Run/Icarus Films, [1998]
- System Details
- VHS.
- Performer
- Commentary: Phillip Tobias, Francois-Xavier Fauvelle, Yvette Abrahams, Steve Martin, Brian Daubney.Voices, Zola Maseko, Adrian Brown, Hlengiwe Farasani.
- Language
- In English and French with English subtitles.
- Added Author
- Maseko, Zola, 1967-Brown, Adrian.Farasani, Hlengiwe.Gavshon, Harriet.Tobias, Phillip V.Fauvelle-Aymar, François-Xavier.Abrahams, Yvette.Martin, S. (Steve)Daubney, Brian.Docin-Julien, Christian.Dominant 7 (Firm)Mail & Guardian Television.Société nationale de programme France-Régions.South African Broadcasting Corporation.First Run/Icarus Films.
- Research Call Number
- *UGS-2017 [Video]