Object Details
- Published by
- Charles Scribner's Sons, American, founded 1846
- Written by
- Ntozake Shange, American, 1948 - 2018
- Subject of
- Tyler Perry, American, born 1969
- Description
- A paperback edition of the choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange.
- The cover of the book has the title printed in a rainbow decorative text against a white tiled wall, with a color illustration of a woman in an orange headscarf at the bottom left. Along the left side is a band of black with white text reading [A Choreopoem by Ntozake Shange] and along the top is a red band with white text reading [THE INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY TYLER PERRY]. The interior contents begin with a page with several blurbs from critics, a page with a list of works by Shange, the title page, a dedication page, and a listing of the twenty included poems by title. There are 64 pages total, with no illustrations. The back cover is red and white, with two blurbs, a summary of the book, and a biography of Shange.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Ntozake Shange
- 1975; reprinted 2010
- Object number
- 2016.131.3.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ntozake Shange
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- books
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 1/4 in. (21.6 × 14 × 0.6 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Feminism
- Film
- Literature
- Poetry
- Sexuality
- Theatre
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.131.3.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56d959436-e2bd-4b2d-af59-4b0ec82a82a4
