The Oxford handbook of Shakespeare and embodiment : gender sexuality and race The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment brings together 40 of the most important scholars and intellectuals writing on the subject today. Extending the purview of feminist criticism it offers an intersectional paradigm for considering representations of gender in the context of race ethnicity sexuality disability and religion. In addition to sophisticated textual analysis drawing on the methods of historicism psychoanalysis queer theory and posthumanism a team of international experts discuss Shakespeares life contemporary editing practices and performance of his plays on stage on screen and in the classroom. This theoretically sophisticated yet elegantly written Handbook includes an editors Introduction that provides a comprehensive overview of current debates.