Passing strange : Shakespeare, race, and contemporary America / Ayanna Thompson.
2011
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Title
Passing strange : Shakespeare, race, and contemporary America / Ayanna Thompson.
Created/published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Description
x, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Associated name
Thompson, Ayanna, 1972- author.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the passing strangeness of Shakespeare in America
Universalism :
Films that brush with the Bard, suture and bringing down the house
Essentialism : meditations inspired by Farrukh Dondy's novel Black swan
multiculturalism : the classics, casting, and confusion
Original(ity) : Othello and blackface
Reform : redefining authenticity in Shakespeare reform programs
Archives : classroom-inspired performance videos on Youtube
Conclusion : passing race and passing Shakespeare in Peter Sellars's Othello.
Universalism :
Films that brush with the Bard, suture and bringing down the house
Essentialism : meditations inspired by Farrukh Dondy's novel Black swan
multiculturalism : the classics, casting, and confusion
Original(ity) : Othello and blackface
Reform : redefining authenticity in Shakespeare reform programs
Archives : classroom-inspired performance videos on Youtube
Conclusion : passing race and passing Shakespeare in Peter Sellars's Othello.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Item Details
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PR3091 .T53 2011