The Tragic Exploitation Of Sarah Baartman By Celebrated Scientistођ In this episode of #illwill, host a.b. burns tucker and guest dr. keisha ray dive into the heartbreaking story of sarah baartman, a black south african woman. Abstract. in the historical research on sara baartman, best known as the “hottentot venus,” references to and discussions of her autopsy report by georges cuvier have been based on the original french text, “extrait d’observations faites sur le cadavre d’une femme connue à paris et à londres sous le nom de vénus hottentotte,” published in 1817.
Sarah Baartman The Tragic Life Of A South African Woman Slave Baartman "definitely means a lot to us … we call her our hottentot queen," he says, reclaiming the offensive term for khoisan people that was used in reference to baartman when she was alive. 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 french. George cuvier, the founder of comparative anatomy, interviewed her and, after her death in december 1815, performed an autopsy, not to discover the cause of death but to see if her body, literally, was the connection between humankind and animals. the museum of man in paris displayed a nude plaster cast of baartman’s body until the 1970s. Unveil the heart wrenching story of saartjie baartman, a woman whose life was marred by exploitation and objectification. explore the injustice she faced as.
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