{"product_id":"hottentot-venus","title":"Hottentot Venus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eThe acclaimed biography of Sarah Baartman, once a slave and later a showgirl\u003c\/u\u003e\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317891670398,"sku":"NW9781408899113","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781408899113.jpg?v=1778723037","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/hottentot-venus","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}