Shakespeare and Youth Culture [electronic resource] /
Hulbert, Jennifer.author.
Wetmore, Kevin J.author.
York, Robert L.author.
This book explores the appropriation of Shakespeare by youth culture and the expropriation of youth culture in the manufacture and marketing of 'Shakespeare'. Considering the reduction, translation and referencing of the plays and the man, the volume examines the confluence between Shakepop and rock, rap, graphic novels, teen films and pop psychology.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; ""Dude, Where's My Bard?"": Reducing, Translating, and Referencing Shakespeare for Youth: An Introduction; 1 ""Great Reckonings in Little Rooms,"" or Children's Playtime: Shakespeare and Performing Object Theatre of Toys; 2 ""Smells Like Teen Shakespirit"" Or, the Shakespearean Films of Julia Stiles; 3 ""Are You Shakespearienced?"" Rock Music and the Production of Shakespeare; 4 ""Big Willie Style"" Staging Hip-Hop Shakespeare and Being Down with the Bard; 5 ""The Amazing Adventures of Superbard"": Shakespeare in Comics and Graphic Novels
6 ""Adolescence, Thy Name is Ophelia!"": TheOphelia-ization of the Contemporary Teenage GirlThis Bard's for You(th), or ""Get over Yourself, Ophelia!"": A Conclusion that Leaves Things Open for a Sequel; Works Cited; Index
This book explores the appropriation of Shakespeare by youth culture and the expropriation of youth culture in the manufacture and marketing of 'Shakespeare'. Considering the reduction, translation and referencing of the plays and the man, the volume examines the confluence between Shakepop and rock, rap, graphic novels, teen films and pop psychology.
Culture
Communication.
Theater.
Theater
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
Cultural studies.
Cultural and Media Studies.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Theatre History.
British and Irish Literature.