Passing Strange
Subtitle: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America
By: Ayanna Thompson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780195385854
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the passing strangeness of Shakespeare in America; title: Universalism :; title: Films that brush with the Bard, suture and bringing down the house; title: Essentialism : meditations inspired by Farrukh Dondy's novel Black swan; title: multiculturalism : the classics, casting, and confusion; title: Original(ity) : Othello and blackface; title: Reform : redefining authenticity in Shakespeare reform programs; title: Archives : classroom-inspired performance videos on Youtube; title: Conclusion : passing race and passing Shakespeare in Peter Sellars's Othello.