Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race

List of contents

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 Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan; 11. Shakespeare, race, and globalization: Titus Andronicus Noémie 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ayanna (Arizona State University) Thompson
• Assisted by: Ayanna Thompson (Editor), Thompson Ayanna (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108492119
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49211-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Litera; Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Ethnic Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, DRAMA / Shakespeare, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General