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Passing strange : Shakespeare, race, and contemporary America / Ayanna Thompson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3091 .T53 2011
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LIBRA PR3091 .T53 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Ayanna, 1972-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- United States.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation--United States.
- Race in literature.
- Theater--Casting.
- Theater.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- x, 224 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction : the passing strangeness of Shakespeare in America
- Universalism :
- Films that brush with the Bard, suture and bringing down the house
- Essentialism : meditations inspired by Farrukh Dondy's novel Black swan
- multiculturalism : the classics, casting, and confusion
- Original(ity) : Othello and blackface
- Reform : redefining authenticity in Shakespeare reform programs
- Archives : classroom-inspired performance videos on Youtube
- Conclusion : passing race and passing Shakespeare in Peter Sellars's Othello.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195385854
- 0195385853
- OCLC:
- 655304058
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