Shakespearean drama, disability, and the filmic stare / Grace McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Grace, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in literature and health humanities.

Routledge Studies in Literature and Health Humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.

Shakespeare, William.

Disabilities in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

"Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare synthesizes Laura Mulvey's male gaze and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson's stare into a new critical lens, the filmic stare, in order to understand and analyze the visual construction of disability in adaptations of Shakespearean drama. The book explores the intersections of adaptation studies, film studies, Shakespeare studies, and disability studies to analyze twentieth and twenty-first century representations of both physical disability and 'madness' in global cinematic film, television film, and digital broadcast cinema in Shakespeare's works. Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare argues that the filmic stare does not differentiate between male and female characters with disabilities, or between powerful and powerless figures in disability representation. This multi-disciplinary volume is ideal for disability studies scholars, Shakespeare scholars, and those interested in adaptations of Shakespeare's famous works"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Staring, the filmic stare, and theorizing disability

Physical disabilities and the filmic stare in Richard II and Titus Andronicus

Caliban and the filmic stare

Madness, the filmic stare, and Hamlet

Madness, the filmic stare, and Ophelia

Madness, the filmic stare, and Macbeth

The filmic stare and digital broadcast cinema

conclusion

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-316337-8

1-003-16337-8

1-000-41678-X

9781003163374

OCLC:

1259592726