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Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism (Hardcover)
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Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism (Hardcover)
Series: Spotlight on Shakespeare
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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 afford us a better understanding of our
ethical responsibilities in the face of such brutal racism.
Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism is divided into seven short
chapters that cast light on contemporary issues regarding racism in
our day. Some salient topics that these chapters address include
the murder of unarmed Black men and women, the militarization of
the U.S. Mexico border, anti-immigrant laws, exclusionary measures
aimed at Syrian refugees, inequities in healthcare and safety for
women of color, international trends that promote white
nationalism, and the dangers of complicity when it comes to racist
paradigms. By bringing these contemporary issues into conversation
with a wide range of plays that span the many genres in which
Shakespeare wrote throughout his career, these chapters demonstrate
how the widespread racism and discord within our present moment
stands to infuse with urgent meaning Shakespeare's attention to the
(in)humanity of strangers, the ethics of hospitality, the perils of
insularity, abuses of power, and the vulnerability of the political
state and its subjects. The book puts into conversation Shakespeare
with present-day events and cultural products surrounding topics of
race, ethnicity, xenophobia, immigration, asylum, assimilation, and
nationalism as a means of illuminating Shakespeare's cultural and
literary significance in relation to these issues. It should be an
essential read for all students of literary studies and
Shakespeare.
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