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Language:EnglishPublisher:Theatre Communications GroupISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN-10:1559361352UPC:9781559361354Book Category:Drama, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:American, Ethnic Studies, Women AuthorsBook Topic:African American & Black, AmericanSize:8.51 x 5.41 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCNXBB7G34
Venus
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Theatre Communications GroupISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN-10:1559361352UPC:9781559361354Book Category:Drama, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:American, Ethnic Studies, Women AuthorsBook Topic:African American & Black, AmericanSize:8.51 x 5.41 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCNXBB7G34
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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