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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction : Toward racial literacy -- The racialized reader -- Racial blind spots : midreading bodies, misreading texts -- Antonio's "fair flesh" and the property of whiteness -- Hamlet : playing in the dark -- We are Othello -- Epilogue : Forms of whiteness |
| Summary |
Race may dominate everyday speech, media headlines and public policy, yet still questions of racialized blackness and whiteness in Shakespeare are resisted. In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the influence of systemic whiteness on the interpretation of Shakespeare's plays. This far-reaching study shows that significant parts of Shakespeare's texts have been elided, misconstrued or otherwise rendered invisible by readers who have ignored the presence of race in early modern England. Bringing the Black American intellectual tradition into fruitful dialogue with European thought, this urgent interdisciplinary work offers a deep, revealing and incisive analysis of individual plays, including Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet. Demonstrating how racial illiteracy inhibits critical practice, Ian Smith provides a necessary anti-racist alternative that will transform the way you read Shakespeare |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 15, 2022) |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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English drama -- History and criticism
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009224116 |
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1009224115 |
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