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Venus
Suzan-Lori Parks
Playwrights Canada Press · Paperback · April 1, 1997
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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.
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Who It's For
Book Details
- Authors
- Suzan-Lori Parks
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Published
- April 1, 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Plays · African American Studies
- Reading lane
- Plays
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Publisher Categories
Plays
African American Studies
Women's Studies
About This Book
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.
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