Global Shakespeare and Social Injustice - Towards a Transformative Encounter

The chapters in this book constitute a timely response to an important moment for early modern cultural studies: the academy has been called to attend to questions of social justice. It requires a revision of the critical lexicon to be able to probe the relationship between Shakespeare studies and the intractable forms of social injustice that infuse cultural, political and economic life. This volume helps us to imagine what radical and transformative pedagogy, theatre-making and scholarship might look like. The contributors both invoke and invert the paradigm of Global Shakespeare, building on the vital contributions of this scholarly field over the past few decades but also suggesting ways in which it cannot quite accommodate the various ''global Shakespeares'' presented in these pages. A focus on social justice, and on the many forms of social injustice that demand our attention, leads to a consideration of the North/South constructions that have tended to shape Global Shakespeare conceptually, in the same way the material histories of ''North'' and ''South'' have shaped global injustice as we recognise it today. Such a focus invites us to consider the creative ways in which Shakespeare''s imagination has been taken up by theatre-makers and scholars alike, and marshalled in pursuit of a more just world.>

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• Authors: Bi-qi Beatrice Lei, Chris Thurman, Sandra Young
• Assisted by: Silvia Bigliazzi (Editor), Bi-qi Beatrice Lei (Editor), David Schalkwyk (Editor), Chris Thurman (Editor), Sandra Young (Editor), Silvia Bigliazzi (Editor of the series), Bigliazzi Silvia (Editor of the series), Bi-qi Beatrice Lei (Editor of the series), David Schalkwyk (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.01.2025
• EAN: 9781350335134
• ISBN: 978-1-350-33513-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Global Shakespeare Inverted
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Republic of South Africa, Theatre Studies, c 1500 onwards to present day, North America (USA and Canada), Human rights, civil rights, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean