Representation and Black Womanhood - The Legacy of Sarah Baartman (Paperback, 1st ed. 2011)

Sarah Baartman's iconic status as the "Hottentot Venus" - as "victimized" African woman, "Mother" of the new South Africa, and ancestral spirit to countless women of the African Diaspora - has led to an outpouring of essays, biographies, films, interviews, art installations, and centers, comprising a virtual archive that seeks to find some meaning in her persona. Yet even those with the best intentions, fighting to give Baartman agency, a voice, a personhood, continue to service the general narratives of European documentation of her life without asking "What if we looked at Baartman through another lens?" This collection is the first of its kind to offer a space for international scholars, cultural activists, and visual artists to examine the legacy of Baartman's life anew, specifically finding an alternative Africanist rendering of a person whose life has left a profound impact on the ways in which Black women are displayed and represented the world over.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	2011
Editors:	Natasha Gordon-Chipembere
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	207
Edition:	1st ed. 2011
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-29798-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-349-29798-4
Barcode:	9781349297986

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