Word: maureenã
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Wherever she is in Uganda, Maureen??€™s surname identifies her as a clan member of the kingdom of Buganda, one of thousands of people who assign social authority to the same group. Wherever I am in America, in contrast, my name identifies me as an individual, with allegiance principally to myself...
...Vietnam whose eyes grow vacant as the play progresses and she retreats into a fantasy world. A former child prostitute now ogled and molested by her in-laws, Maureen finds America uncomfortably like the land she has just left. In a cutting satire of liberal guilt, the revelation of Maureen??€™s heritage sends Davey into a suicidal depression, leaving his wife to fend for herself. The play’s other victim is Harry (David B. Rochelson ’05), a mild-mannered businessman who cuts through the play’s apathy with a brief moment...
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