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If pretty hurts ugly must be a muhfucka : an understanding of a West African folktale
- Title
- If pretty hurts ugly must be a muhfucka : an understanding of a West African folktale / by Tori Sampson.
- Author
- Sampson, Tori
- Publication
- [New York, NY] : Samuel French, [2021]
- ©2021
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Details
- Series Statement
- Acting edition
- Uniform Title
- Samuel French acting edition.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Comedy plays.
- Drama.
- Note
- Cast: 5 women, 2 men, 1 any gender.
- Call Number
- Sc D 24-140
- ISBN
- 9780573709111
- 0573709114
- LCCN
- 2024444013
- OCLC
- 1285498587
- Author
- Sampson, Tori, author.
- Title
- If pretty hurts ugly must be a muhfucka : an understanding of a West African folktale / by Tori Sampson.
- Publisher
- [New York, NY] : Samuel French, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- Acting edition.
- Description
- 88 pages ; 21 cm.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Creator/Contributor Characteristics
- WomenAmericansAfrican Americans
- Series
- Acting editionSamuel French acting edition.
- 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?'"-- Back cover.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 24-140