Venus

Suzan-Lori Parks

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Beschreibung

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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Schlagwörter

race, heathen, examination of black people in history and stage, legacy of colonialism, allegorical work, Hottentot Venus, savage, representation, stereotype of black female sexuality, exploited as a sideshow freak, Saartjie Baartman, questions about our complicity in oppression