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If pretty hurts ugly must be a muhfucka : an understanding of a West African folktale / by Tori Sampson.
Van Pelt Library PS3619.A4648 I3 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sampson, Tori, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage girls--Africa--Drama.
- Teenage girls.
- Beauty, Personal--Drama.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Body image in women--Drama.
- Body image in women.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)--Drama.
- Feminine beauty (Aesthetics).
- Parent and child--Drama.
- Parent and child.
- Africa.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Comedy plays.
- Physical Description:
- 88 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Acting edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Samuel French, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Combining West African folklore and contemporary American culture, If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka follows four teenage girls as they grapple with societal definitions of beauty. In the fictional setting of Affreakah-Amirrorkah, the four young women -- Kaya, Massassi, Adama and Akim -- are given an opportunity to live in a society where their individual beauty can reign supreme. But this opportunity comes at a dangerous cost. Tori Sampson's hilariously provocative play doesn't ask the question "How much is beauty worth?" but rather, "Why are so many willing to pay its price?""--Page 4 of cover.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780573709111
- 0573709114
- OCLC:
- 1285498587
- Publisher Number:
- 99990670020
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