Passing Strange - Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America

Zusatztext Ambitious...Recommended. Informationen zum Autor Ayanna Thompson is Associate Professor of English and Women & Gender Studies at Arizona State University. She is the editor of Colorblind Shakespeare: New Perspectives on Race and Performance (Routledge, 2006). Klappentext Passing Strange offers a trenchant look at the diverse ways Shakespeare relates to race in a variety of cultural productions in the United States. Zusammenfassung Passing Strange offers a trenchant look at the diverse ways Shakespeare relates to race in a variety of cultural productions in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The Passing Strangeness of Shakespeare in America 2: Universalism: Two Films that Brush with the Bard, Suture and Bringing Down the House 3: Essentialism: Meditations Inspired by Farrukh Dondy's novel Black Swan 4: Multiculturalism: The Classics, Casting, and Confusion 5: Original(ity): Othello and Blackface 6: Reform: Redefining Authenticity in Shakespeare Reform Programs 7: Archives: Classroom-Inspired Performance Videos on YouTube 8: Conclusion: Passing Race and Passing Shakespeare in Peter Sellars's Othello Works Cited Index

Product details

• Authors: Ayanna Thompson, Thompson Ayanna
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2011
• EAN: 9780195385854
• ISBN: 978-0-19-538585-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; USA, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity