Description
| Product ID: | 9781108710565 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Title: | The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race |
| Authors: | Author: Ayanna Thompson |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Theatre studies, Theatre studies, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Ethnic studies, Shakespeare plays, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare studies & criticism, Ethnic studies, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race shows teachers and students how and why Shakespeare and race are inseparable. After reading this collection, lovers and skeptics of Shakespeare will better understand the historical materials that document early modern constructions of race and the contemporary performances that have altered them. 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 non-specialist, student audience. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-25 |
