Suzan-Lori Parks continues her examination of black people in history and stage through the life of the so-called "e;Hottentot Venus,"e; 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.
| ISBN: | 9781559367387 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2012 |
| Author: | Parks, Suzan-Lori |
| Publisher: | Theatre Communications Group |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |