| Venus Contributor(s): Parks, Suzan-Lori (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559361352 ISBN-13: 9781559361354 Publisher: Theatre Communications Group OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 97005739 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.41" W x 8.51" (0.54 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |