Summary
Suzan-Lori Parks continues her examination of black people in history and stage through the life of the so-called “Hottentot Venus,” an African woman displayed semi-nude throughout Europe due to her extraordinary physiognomy; in particular, her enormous buttocks. She was befriended, bought and bedded by a doctor who advanced his scientific career through his anatomical measurements of her after her premature death.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781559361354 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1559361352 |
| Author: | Suzan-Lori Parks |
| Publisher: | Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1997 |
| Weight: | 244g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 139mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
Suzan-Lori Parks
One of the contemporary American theater’s most innovative wordsmiths. Her plays include: Topdog/Underdog (2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama), In the Blood (2000 Pulitzer-nominee), Fucking A, Venus (OBIE Award), The America Play and Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (OBIE Award, Best New American Play). She is also a screenwriter, novelist, and MacArthur “Genius” grantee.
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