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The Vagina Monologues

by: Eve Ensler

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.54
EAN: 9780345498601
ISBN: 0345498607
Label: Villard
Manufacturer: Villard
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: December 26, 2007
Publisher: Villard
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Sales Rank: 41751
Studio: Villard



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'I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. . . . So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with over two hundred women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, actors, corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them.'

So begins Eve Ensler's hilarious, eye-opening tour into the last frontier, the forbidden zone at the heart of every woman. Adapted from the award-winning one-woman show that's rocked audiences around the world, this groundbreaking book gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories, transforming the question mark hovering over the female anatomy into a permanent victory sign. With laughter and compassion, Ensler transports her audiences to a world we've never dared to know, guaranteeing that no one who reads The Vagina Monologues will ever look at a woman's body the same way again.

Amazon.com Review:
'I say vagina because I want people to respond,' says playwright Eve Ensler, creator of the hilarious, disturbing soliloquies in The Vagina Monologues, a book based on her one-woman play. And respond they do--with horror, anger, censure, and sparks of wonder and pleasure. Ensler is on a fervent mission to elevate and celebrate this much mumbled-about body part. She asked hundreds of women of all ages a series of questions about their vaginas (What do you call it? How would you dress it?) that prompt some wondrous answers. Standouts among the euphemisms are tamale, split knish, choochi snorcher, Gladys Siegelman--Gladys Siegelman?--and, of course, that old standby 'down there.' 'Down there?' asks a composite character springing from several older women. 'I haven't been down there since 1953. No, it had nothing to do with [American president] Eisenhower.' Two of the most powerful pieces include a jagged poem stitched together from the memories of a Bosnian woman raped by soldiers and an American woman sexually abused as a child who reclaims her vagina as a place of wild joy.



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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Vaginas Good. Poor Writing Bad.
I'm sorry to slam something that has clearly moved so many people as has this monologue script. I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Ensler is a woman warrior
This is one of those books that can stick in your mind long after you've finished it, especially if ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Amazing!
A MUST read for any woman, empowering! Was a quick read, left me wanting more, LOVED IT.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Thumbs up.
Three friends and I read this book in conjunction and we could not stop talking about it. It's a quick ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Not for every woman- but definitely for me!
I'd heard of this book and of several performances from many friends and I finally got a chance to read ... Read More

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