what’s in a face?: Sara Baartman, the (post)colonial gaze and the case of Vénus Noire (2010)
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DOI: 10.1057/s41305-017-0090-7
Abstract: abstractThe story of Sara Baartman, who was brought to Europe in 1810 to be exhibited as the erotic-exotic freak ‘Hottentot Venus’, is arguably the most famous case study of the scientific validation of (gendered) racism.… read more here.
Keywords: case; sara; nus noire; colonial ... See more keywords