Classical antiquity & colonisation of unnatural & unruly bodies
Australian Academy of the Humanities 2024-01-19
Summary:
For five years in the early 1800s, a young woman by the name of Sara Baartman was exhibited in ‘freak shows’ in London and Paris—her ‘unnatural’ body placed on public display for a fee. Promoted as ‘The Hottentot Venus’, Baartman died in her mid-twenties. Her body was subject to an autopsy and dissection, conducted by …
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