Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks

165 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction play challenging reflective slow-paced
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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 en...

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