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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Gaslighting, War
I was surprised she didn’t talk more about the Indian child in MND that Titania and Oberon fought over, but all in all this was a great detailed primer on race as it crops up in Shakespeare’s work - definitely a huge recommend to anyone who’s interested or invested in Shakespeare, as the “bardolatry” narrative can be hard to shake sometimes! Hard to try and tackle this subject without boiling the ocean, but this was easy to read and extremely well cited!
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For lovers of Shakespeare, who want to keep him relevant and effective in the 21st C, this is a terrific read.
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4.5 rounded up. I miss working on Shakespeare every day. Wish we had this text when I was in grad school
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The Shakespeare excerpts are beautifully narrated by Adjoa Andoh of Bridgerton and theater fame. I really liked this as a literary analysis of Shakespeare's characters and the racial categories and stereotypes that undergirded his work. It's definitely more academic in nature, but I am a Nerd ™, so it works.