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Venus : a Play by Parks, Suzan-Lori is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Venus : a Play about?
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. ** About the Author 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.
Who reads Venus : a Play?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Parks, Suzan-Lori
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group, Incorporated
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781559361354
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Drama, Literary Fiction
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