The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare and race / edited by Ayanna Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Ayanna, 1972- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Dramatic production.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Race in literature.

Race in the theater.

Theater.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 293 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Shakespeare and race

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race shows teachers and students how and why Shakespeare and race are inseparable. Moving well beyond Othello, the collection invites the reader to understand racialized discourses, rhetoric, and performances in all of Shakespeare's plays, including the comedies and histories. Race is presented through an intersectional approach with chapters that focus on the concepts of sexuality, lineage, nationality, and globalization. The collection helps students to grapple with the unique role performance plays in constructions of race by Shakespeare (and in Shakespearean performances), considering both historical and contemporary actors and directors. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race will be the first book that truly frames Shakespeare studies and early modern race studies for a nonspecialist, student audience"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Did The Concept Of Race Exist For Shakespeare And His Contemporaries?: An Introduction / Ayanna Thompson

2. The Materials Of Race: Staging The Black And White Binary In The Early Modern Theatre / Farah Karim-Cooper

3. Barbarian Moors: Documenting Racial Formation In Early Modern England / Ambereen Dadabhoy

4. Racist Humor And Shakespearean Comedy / Patricia Akhimie

5. Race In Shakespeare's Histories / Andrew Hadfield

6. Race In Shakespeare's Tragedies / Carol Mejia LaPerle

7. Experimental Othello / Matthew Dimmock

8. Flesh And Blood: Race And Religion In The Merchant Of Venice / Dennis Austin Britton

9. Was Sexuality Racialized For Shakespeare? Antony And Cleopatra / Melissa E. Sanchez

10. The Tempest And Early Modern Conceptions Of Race / Alden T. Vaughan

11. Shakespeare, Race, And Globalization: Titus Andronicus / Noemie Ndiaye

12. How To Think Like Ira Aldridge / Scott Newstok

13. What Is The History Of Actors Of Color Performing In Shakespeare In The Uk? / Urvashi Chakravarty

14. Actresses Of Color And Shakespearean Performance: The Question Of Reception / Joyce Green MacDonald

15. Othello: A Performance Perspective / Adrian Lester

16. Are Shakespeare's Plays Racially Progressive? The Answer Is In Our Hands / Miles Grier

17. How Have Post-Colonial Approaches Enriched Shakespeare's Works? / Sandra Young

18. Is It Possible To Read Shakespeare Through Critical White Studies? / Arthur L. Little Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Thompson, Ayanna, 1972- Cambridge companion to Shakespeare and race

ISBN:

9781108492119

1108492118

9781108710565

1108710565

OCLC:

1198085983

Publisher Number:

99989753961