Racism, misogyny, and the Othello myth: inter-racial couples from Shakespeare to Spike Lee

2006; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 43; Issue: 07 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.43-3862

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

Celia R. Daileader,

Tópico(s)

South Asian Cinema and Culture

Resumo

Introduction: Othellophilia 1. White devils, black lust: inter-racialism in early modern drama 2. The heathen with the heart of gold: Othellophilia comes to America 3. Holes at the poles: gothic horror and the racial abject 4. Sisters in bondage: abolition, amalgamation, and the crisis of female authorship 5. Handsome devils: romance, rape, racism, and the rhet(t)oric of darkness 6. Invisible men, unspeakable acts: the spectacle of black male violence in modern American fiction Conclusion: 'White women are snaky': jungle fever and its discontents.

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