Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism

ISBN-13: 9780367183004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 184 str.

Ruben Espinosa

Opis

Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism examines Shakespeare in relation to ongoing conversations that interrogate the vulnerability of Black and brown people amid oppressive structures that aim to devalue their worth.

Recenzje

‘Ruben Espinosa’s timely and provocative book Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism challenges the common, liberal, and universal positioning of Shakespeare and his canon as vehicles for social justice.’ Ambereen Dadabhoy, Modern Philology

Spis treści

Introduction: Vulnerable Bodies  1. The Weight of Whiteness  2. What Would Shakespeare Do?  3. All My Pretty Ones?  4. Ain’t I a Woman?  5. Experiences of Expendability  6. The Dangers of Indifference  7. Howl  Afterword: I Can’t Breathe

O autorze

Ruben Espinosa is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas, El Paso, U.S.A.