Katherina Bound; or, Play(K)ating the Strictures of Everyday Life
1992; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 107; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/462760
ISSN1938-1530
Autores Tópico(s)Cinema and Media Studies
ResumoOffering a layered reading of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, this essay investigates the gender politics of the play's Elizabethan performance conditions together with those of twentieth-century film and video reproductions. Instead of attempting to recuperate Shrew for feminism, this reading confronts the sadomasochistic fantasies lurking behind the facades of farce and romantic comedy; considers how Shrew's representations accumulate cultural capital that can be deployed to make and remake new patriarchies and new myths about “woman,” as well as about women; and explores the play's continuing cultural renewal as a popular pleasure that weaves together voyeurism, fantasy, and consumerism.
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