Rosemarie Garland Thomson, editor. Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body New York: New York University Press, 1996. Selected Contents: "Ethnological Show Business: Footlighting the Dark Continent" Bernth Lindfors Illustrations: Poster of "Sartjee, the Hottentot Venus," courtesy of the British Library "The Bosjemans going through the wardance under the direction of Mr. J.S. Tyler," The Sportsman's Magazine, 10 May 1847. Go Back.