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Venus

By Suzan-Lori Parks

Release : 2012-12-15

Genre : Theater, Books, Arts & Entertainment, Nonfiction, Social Science

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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. She was befriended, bought and bedded by a doctor who advanced his scientific career through his anatomical measurements of her after her premature death.

Venus

By Suzan-Lori Parks

Release : 2012-12-15

Genre : Theater, Books, Arts & Entertainment, Nonfiction, Social Science

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
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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