{"product_id":"white-people-in-shakespeare-essays-on-race-culture-and-the-elite-hardcover","title":"White People in Shakespeare: Essays on Race, Culture and the Elite - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat part did Shakespeare play in the construction of a 'white people' and how has his work been enlisted to define and bolster a white cultural and racial identity? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the court of Queen Elizabeth I, through the early modern English theatre to the storming of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021, white people have used Shakespeare to define their cultural and racial identity and authority. \u003ci\u003eWhite People in Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e unravels this complex cultural history to examine just how crucial Shakespeare's work was to the early modern development of whiteness as an embodied identity, as well as the institutional dissemination of a white Shakespeare in contemporary theatres, politics, classrooms and other key sites of culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing contributors from a wide range of disciplines, the collection moves across Shakespeare's plays and poetry and between the early modern and our own time to interrogate these relationships. Split into two parts, 'Shakespeare's White People' and 'White People's Shakespeare', it explores a variety of topics, ranging from the education of the white self in \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e, or affective piety and racial violence in \u003ci\u003eMeasure for Measure, \u003c\/i\u003eto Shakespearean education and the civil rights era, and interpretations of whiteness in more contemporary work such as \u003ci\u003eAmerican Moor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDesdemona.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur L. Little, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English at UCLA, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Jungle Fever: Re-Visions of Race, Rape, and Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Race Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming, The Arden Shakespeare).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784642429216,"sku":"9781350283640","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/92645763f1a9675ca6f0e4fc158bd2cf.webp?v=1780606465","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/white-people-in-shakespeare-essays-on-race-culture-and-the-elite-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}