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Author:

Corredera, Vanessa I., author.

Title:

Reanimating Shakespeare's Othello in post-racial America / Vanessa I. Corredera.

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

viii, 350 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--Othello--Criticism and interpretation.--Criticism and interpretation.
Othello (Shakespeare, William)
1600-1699
Race in literature.
English drama (Tragedy)--17th century--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Literature--Adaptations.
Race in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Literary criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-343) and index.

Contents:

Images of objectification : Othello as prop in Kill Shakespeare -- Colorblindness on the post-racial stage : hip hop, comedy, and cultural appropriation in Othello: the remix -- Othello, race, and serial : the ethics of a Shakespearean cameo -- "No tools with which to hear" : adaptive re-vision, audience education, and American moor -- At the intersection of gender, race, and white privilege : a case of three Desdemona plays -- Resisting lobotomized Shakespeare : whiteness and universality in Key & Peele and Get out.

Summary:

Traces the history of Othello's contemporary citations, adaptations, and appropriations across genres.

ISBN:

1474487297
9781474487290

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1316697226

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)