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Department of Historical Studies

Colonialism, dysfunction and dysjuncture : the historiography of Sarah Bartmann

Abstract

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This thesis is the first book-length study of the history of Sarah Bartmann. Its aim is to contribute to the writing of an Africanist history of an African. The thesis grapples with the question of identity. It approaches the study of Sarah Bartmann unconventionally, by investigating the triple identity African/native/slave.

Degree

thesis:*
Grantor dc:publisher.institution
Department of Historical Studies
Year dc:date.issued
2000

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Abrahams, Yvette
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Nasson, Bill

Rights

Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10012
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10012

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Abrahams, Yvette. Colonialism, dysfunction and dysjuncture : the historiography of Sarah Bartmann. Department of Historical Studies, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10012