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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 su...

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Main Authors: Brown, David Sterling (Author)
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2023.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
White people in literature.
Race in literature.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > History and criticism.
English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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"--
Item Description: "Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut " -- cover.
Carrier Form: xxiv, 214 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-210) and index.
ISBN: 9781009384162
1009384163
9781009384124
1009384120
Index Number: PR2992
CLC: I561.073
Call Number: I561.073/B877-1
Contents: Preface : "U Better Recognize" -- introduction: Negotiating Whiteness -- Somatic Similarity -- Engendering the Fall of White Masculinity in Hamlet -- On the Other Hand -- "Hear Me, See Me" -- Conclusion : artifactually.

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