194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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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. By focusing on the way these individuals are racialized, politicized, policed, and often violated in our contemporary world, it casts light on dimensions of Shakespeare’s work that... Read more
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
Biography
Ruben Espinosa is Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas, El Paso, U.S.A.
‘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
