Black Shakespeare: Reading and Misreading Race

by Ian Smith

Race may dominate everyday speech, media headlines and public policy, yet still questions of racialized blackness and whiteness in Shakespeare are resisted. In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the influence of systemic whiteness on the interpretation of Shakespeare's plays. This far-reaching study shows that significant parts of Shakespeare's texts have been elided, misconstrued or otherwise rendered invisible by readers who have ignored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009224085
• ISBN13: 9781009224086
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"