Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Pub Date: 6/1/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 168. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780822215677ISBN:0822215675
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service
Date Published: 1998-06-01
ISBN-13:9780822215677ISBN:0822215675
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York, NY, U.S.A. : Theatre Communications Group, Incorporated
Description: ISBN: 1559361352, Trade paperback, 1st edition, Fine/pictorial wraps, a drama about a historically true tale of a black woman with a large posterior, 8vo., 165 pages., read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN:1559361352
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Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Date Published: 1997-09-01
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Publisher: Theatre Communications Group, New York, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN:1559361352
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN:1559361352
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Date Published: 1997-04-01
ISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN:1559361352
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781559361354ISBN:1559361352
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"Read this play and loved it. Really powerful. Did a presentation on it for a "Women's Resistance Writing" class and found even more gems in it as my group prepared our lesson. I think that Parks did a great job presenting Saartjie Baartman as a human, rather than a spectacle."
"A remarkable piece of work. Parks use of language and the way she sets up staging and stage direction really appealed to me. The first and last scenes in particular almost read/sounded like a villanelle, with a lot of rhyme and repetition. On the other hand, its not clear to me the purpose of having the scenes in reverse order, or having scenes that consist solely of a list of the previous scenes.
The subject is more difficult for me to come to terms with. This is a play based on the story of the "Venus Hottentot" an African woman who was displayed on stages in London and Paris largely due to her prominent buttocks. So we deal with elements of racism and gender bias both.
Parks draws Venus as a complex person, at times she is a heartbreaking character, and at time she comes across as just as manipulative as the people who use her. The scenes in which she is measured by the doctors from point to point take objectification to a whole new level.
A whole new kind of play for me, but one I'm very glad I read. I'd particularly like to see it staged."
"Venus is a play written about Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman, also known as Venus Hottentot. Sarah was a slave who was taken from South Africa to be exhibited in England and France as a sideshow attraction in the early 1800s because of her inordinately large buttocks and elongated labia, both common traits of her heritage as a Khoikhoi woman.
In her time being exhibited to the western world she became fluent in dutch and french and was "studied" by numerous scientists. When she died, her skeleton, perserved genitals and brain were placed on display at Paris's Musée de l'Homme until 1974 when they were removed from public view. They were finally returned to South Africa for a proper burial in 2004 when requested by Nelson Mandela.
I don't think I've ever read a play, and so far it isn't my favorite form of literature. But I think the themes of Venus's exploitation, appropriation and exotification still play a major role today's society for black women, especially in pop culture, and for that this makes Venus a must-read."
"One of the many books that exploded my sheltered, Southern brain in college. Read for a World Drama class that sparked my decision to major in English lit."
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