Reclaiming our Black bodies: reflections on a portrait of Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman and the destruction of Black bodies by the state
| dc.contributor.author | Mothoagae, I. D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-12T11:19:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-12T11:19:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The parading of the nude body of Sarah Baartman by the British colonisers led England and France to racially categorise her as a subhuman. Her Black body was viewed as something that can be violated, exploited, destructed, penetrated, and subjugated to various inhumane conditions. According to Fanon, there is a world order that determines who fits where and how: “The colonial world is a world cut in two”. The militaristic response by the state to the people’s protest point to the fact that technology, the regimes, and the targets still remain. In this article, I will argue that the use of violence by the colonial, imperial system against Sarah Baartman (Black people) has its origins in colonialism and slavery. I maintain that there is a distinction between “a body” and “the Body”. The paper will use as basis the intersectionality theory. Conclusions will be drawn. The biggest mistake the [B]lack world ever made was to assume that whoever opposed apartheid was an ally (Biko 1987:63). | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mothoagae, I.D. (2016). Reclaiming our Black bodies: reflections on a portrait of Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman and the destruction of Black bodies by the state. Acta Theologica, 24, 62-83. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1015-8758 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2309-9089 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/actat.v36i1.5S | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/5295 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State | |
| dc.subject | Race | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Epistemic | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Gender | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Dehumanisation | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Sara Baartman | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Reclaiming our Black bodies: reflections on a portrait of Sarah (Saartjie) Baartman and the destruction of Black bodies by the state | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |