Repositioning Shakespeare: national formations, postcolonial appropriations

1999; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 37; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.37-0767a

ISSN

1943-5975

Autores

Thomas Cartelli,

Tópico(s)

Philippine History and Culture

Resumo

Repositioning Shakespeare offers an original assessment of a broad range of texts and cultural events that appropriate Shakespeare. Examining these materials within the context of 'the nation' in a postcolonial era, Thomas Cartelli considers: * essays by Walt Whitman * the nineteenth-century play, 'Jack Cade' * novels by Aphra Behn, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Michelle Cliff, Tayeb Salih, Nadine Gordimer and Robert Stone * the 1849 Astor Place Riot Cartelli places particular emphasis on redefining the 'postcolonial' in order to find a place for America. In doing so, Repositioning Shakespeare makes a considerable contribution to the continuing debate about the uses we make of Shakespeare.

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