Ayanna Thompson

Passing Strange

Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America

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Produktbeschreibung

Passing Strange attempts to bring contemporary race studies and contemporary Shakespeare studies into an honest and sustained dialogue, demonstrating both how and why instability is the nature of the relationship between Shakespeare and race in American popular culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780199987962
• ISBN-10: 0199987963
• Artikelnr.: 36693587

Autorenporträt

Ayanna Thompson is Associate Dean of Faculty in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of English at Arizona State University. She specializes in Renaissance drama and focuses on issues of race and performance.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
Notes
Works Cited
Index