Mrs. Van Buren
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Mrs. Van Buren is a wealthy, unhappily married white socialite in Lynn Nottage’s play "Intimate Apparel," whose friendship with the Black seamstress Esther exposes the constraints and loneliness of upper-class womanhood in 1905 New York.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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socialite ⓘ theatrical character ⓘ upper-class woman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Intimate Apparel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
intimacy and distance across class lines
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marital dissatisfaction ⓘ |
| creator | Lynn Nottage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticGenre | realist drama ⓘ |
| emotionalState |
isolated
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lonely ⓘ unfulfilled ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicity | white ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Intimate Apparel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friendOf | Esther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| interactsWith | Esther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFiction | New York City townhouse ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to contrast with Esther’s working-class experience
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to highlight the emotional costs of privilege ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| occupation | socialite ⓘ |
| playwrightGenderOfWork | female ⓘ |
| playwrightNationalityOfWork | American ⓘ |
| purchases |
corsets
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intimate apparel ⓘ lingerie ⓘ |
| race | white ⓘ |
| receivesServicesFrom | Esther NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithEsther |
client
GENERATED
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confidante GENERATED ⓘ |
| residence |
Manhattan
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| settingOfCharacter | New York City, 1905 ⓘ |
| socialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| socialConstraint |
expectations of upper-class marriage
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rigid gender norms ⓘ |
| socialRole | patron of Esther ⓘ |
| spouseStatus | unhappily married ⓘ |
| themeIn |
constraints of upper-class womanhood
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loneliness in marriage ⓘ racial boundaries in early 20th-century America ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1905 ⓘ |
| workContext | African American theatre canon ⓘ |
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