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Violence
Some
Sexual violence and intimate partner violence are central subjects; depicted with emotional honesty
Language
Some
Adult language and the voices of Black women's lived experience
Sexual Content
Some
Adult content including frank discussion of sexuality and its violence
Substance Use
Barely any
Some social drinking across the women's stories
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The psychological weight of the collective experience of Black womanhood — grief, joy, resilience — is the work's sustained and powerful subject
What this book is about
Ntozake Shange's choreopoem follows seven women of color — named only by color — through poems and monologues about love, sexual violence, abortion, abuse, and the particular experience of Black womanhood in America. The work is a landmark of Black feminist literature and American theater. The content is adult throughout; sexual violence and intimate partner violence are central subjects. For adult readers and theater audiences.
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Sexual violence as a central theme
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