Inkface : Othello and white authority in the era of Atlantic slavery / Miles P. Grier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grier, Miles P., 1977- author.

Series:

Writing the early Americas.

Writing the early Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blackface.

Race in the theater.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.

Shakespeare, William.

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

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This book traces Atlantic productions of Othello to unearth the deep roots of white racial authority and fantasies about blackness"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Residue of Inkface

Part I: The Moor of Venice Reconstructed

1. "O Bloody Period": Reconsidering Othello's Constitution and Iago's Motive

Part II: Women on the Verge of Whiteness

Interlude: Desdemona's Guilt, or "The Farce of Dead Alive"

2. "Be Thus When Thou Art Dead": Aphra Behn's Remediation of Othello

3. "Pale as Thy Smock": Abigail Adams in Desdemona's Whites

Part III: Crises of White Interpretive Fraternity

Interlude: Legends of Inept Spectatorship

4. The Cherokee Othello: Treating with "The Base Indian"

5. Inkface to Chalkbones: The End of White Character Mastery in Melville's "BC"

Epilogue: Beyond White Authority.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Grier, Miles P. Inkface

ISBN:

9780813950389

0813950384

OCLC:

1382694793