It is Paris, 1815. An extraordinarily shaped South African girl known as the Hottentot Venus, dressed only in feathers and beads, swings from a crystal chandelier in the duchess of Berry's ballroom. Below her, the audience shouts insults and pornographic obscenities. Among these spectators is Napole
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The Venus Hottentot (1825)
β Scribed by Elizabeth Alexander
- Book ID
- 124909661
- Publisher
- John Hopkins University Press
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0161-2492
- DOI
- 10.2307/2931555
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