Shakespeare''s White Others

Exploring the racially white 'others' whom Shakespeare illustrates in characters like Hamlet, Antony and the Macbeths - figures who are never quite 'white enough' - this urgent, compelling work shows how such racial categorisation begets anti-Blackness and sustains white supremacy. An essential contribution to Shakespeare and critical race studies.

List of contents

Introduction: Negotiating whiteness; 1. Somatic similarity; 2. Engendering the fall of white masculinity in Hamlet; 3. On the other hand; 4. 'Hear me, see me'; Conclusion: Artifactually.

Summary

Exploring the racially white 'others' whom Shakespeare illustrates in characters like Hamlet, Antony and the Macbeths – figures who are never quite 'white enough' – this urgent, compelling work shows how such racial categorisation begets anti-Blackness and sustains white supremacy. An essential contribution to Shakespeare and critical race studies.

Product details

• Authors: David Sterling Brown, David Sterling (Trinity College Brown
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009384124
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938412-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Early 16th century c 1500 to c 1550, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean