Speaking the Unspeakable: An Interview with the Producers of The Vagina Monologues in St. John's, Newfoundland

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  • Natalie Beausoleil Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University

Keywords:

Newfoundland and Labrador, Vagina Monologues, Drama production, Women's health, Medical students

Abstract

In this interview, the producers of the play in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, talk about what sparked their idea of producing the play and the process of putting it on, including the difficult search for sponsors and the ultimate success of the play, as well as how this experience changed them as feminists, as medical students and as future physicians.

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Author Biography

Natalie Beausoleil, Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University

Natalie Beausoleil is an assistant professor of Social Science and Health in the Division of Community Health of the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. Trained as a sociologist, she works from an ethnnographic and feminist cultural studies perspective. Her research interests include women's relations to the body, health, aging, physical activity and popular culture, and her newest research project focuses on artistic creativity for people living with cancer.

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Published

2003-04-01