A landmark in women?s empowerment-as relevant as ever in the age of #MeToo-that honors female sexuality in all its complexity ? It?s been more than twenty years since Eve Ensler?s international sensation?The Vagina Monologues?gave birth to V-Day, the radical, global grassroots movement to end violence against women and girls.?This special edition features six never-before-published monologues, a new foreword by National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson, a new introduction by the author, and a new afterword by One Billion Rising director Monique Wilson on the stage phenomenon?s global impact. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, this award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women?s deepest fantasies, fears, anger, and pleasure, and calls for a world where all women are safe, equal, free, and alive in their bodies. Praise for?The Vagina Monologues ? “Probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade.”-The New York Times “This play changed the world. Seeing it changed my soul. Performing in it changed my life. I am forever indebted to Eve Ensler and the transformative legacy of this play.”-Kerry Washington? “Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving . . . both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction.”-Variety ? “Often wrenching, frequently riotous. . . . Ensler is an impassioned wit.”-Los Angeles Times ? “Extraordinary . . . a compelling rhapsody of the female essence.”-Chicago Tribune
The Vagina Monologues Edition by Eve Ensler and Publisher Ballantine. Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780375506581, 0375506586. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780375756986, 0375756981.
