Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
96
Language
English
Published
Dec 15, 2012
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
ISBN-10
1559367385
ISBN-13
9781559367387
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.
Genres
History
Art & Photography