The Arden research handbook of Shakespeare and social justice
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The Arden research handbook of Shakespeare and social justice
（The Arden Shakespeare handbooks）（The Arden Shakespeare）
Arden Shakespeare, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography: p. [300]-322
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The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Social Justice is a wide-ranging, authoritative guide to research on Shakespeare and issues of social justice and arts activism by an international team of leading scholars, directors, arts activists, and educators.
Across four sections it explores the relevance and responsibility of art to the real world ? to the significant teaching and learning, performance and practice, theory and economies that not only expand the discussion of literature and theatre, but also open the gates of engagement between the life of the mind and lived experience. The collection draws from noted scholars, writers and practitioners from around the globe to assert the power of art to question, disrupt and re-invigorate both the ties that bind and the barriers that divide us.
A series of interviews with theatre practitioners and scholars opens the volume, establishing an initial portfolio of areas for research, exploration, and change. In Section 2 'The Practice of Shakespeare and Social Justice' contributors examine Shakespeare's place and possibilities in intervening on issues of race, class, gender and sexuality. Section 3 'The Performance of Shakespeare and Social Justice' traces Shakespeare and social justice in multiple global contexts; engaging productions grounded in the politics of Mexico, India, South Africa, China and aspects of Asian politics broadly, this section illuminates the burgeoning field of global production while keeping as a priority the political structures that make advocacy and resistance possible. The last section on 'Economies of Shakespeare' describes socio-economic and community issues that come to light in Shakespeare, and their potential to catalyse ongoing discussion and change in respect to wealth, distribution, equity, and humanity. An annotated bibliography provides further guidance to those researching the subject.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: "This Is Real Life: Shakespeare and Social Justice as a Field of Play", David Ruiter (University of Texas at El Paso)
Part One: The Shakespeare and Social Justice Interviews
1.1."Deconstructing Social Hierarchies: Interviews", Erin Coulehan
Chris Anthony (Assistant Professor of Acting at DePaul University, Chicago, USA)
Erika Whyman (Deputy Artistic Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, UK)
Arthur Little (Associate Professor, English, UCLA)
Ewan Fernie (Professor at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK, and Director of the 'Everything to Everybody' Project, UK)
Farah Karim-Cooper (Professor of Shakespeare Studies at King's College London, UK, and Head of Higher Education and Research at Shakespeare's Globe, UK)
Part Two: The Practice of Shakespeare and Social Justice
2.1. "Active Shakespeare: A Social Justice Framework" Ayanna Thompson (Arizona State University) and Laura Turchi (University of Houston, USA)
2.2. "Bending Toward Justice: From Shakespeare's Black Mediterranean to August Wilson's Black Atlantic", Peter Erickson (Northwestern University, USA)
2.3."Black Hamlet, Social Justice, and the Minds of Apartheid", Arthur Little (UCLA, USA)
2.4."Shakespeare and Civil Rights: Rhetorical Universalism", Jason Demeter (Norfolk State University, USA)
2.5."Shakespeare's Disabled, Disabled Shakespeare", Adelle Hulsmeier (University of Sunderland, UK)
2.6."Social Justice in the Academy: Reflecting on Shakespeare's Royal Women", Christie Carson (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
Part Three: The Performance of Shakespeare and Social Justice
3.1."William Shakespeare's Enrique IV, Primera Parte: Common [Battle]Grounds between Medieval England and Mexico's Present", Alfredo Modenessi (National University of Mexico) and Paulina Morales (National University of Mexico)
3.2. "King Lear and Gender Justice in India", Preti Taneja (Newcastle University, UK)
3.3."Re-enacting Hamlet in South Africa", Malcolm Cocks (Shakespeare's Globe, UK)
3.4."'Shakespeare in Prison': A South African Social Justice Alternative", Kevin Quarmby (The College of St. Scholastica)
3.5."Romeo and Juliet with Chinese Characteristics: Questions of Usefulness and Engagement in 21st Century China", Julie Sanders (Newcastle University) and Li Jun (University of International Business and Economics)
3.6."Social Justice, Social Order and Political Power in NTCC's Adaptation of Richard III", Chee Keng Lee (Yale-NUS College)
Part Four: The Economies of Shakespeare and Social Justice
4.1."The Empathetic Imagination and the Dream of Equality: Shakespeare's 'Poetical Justice'", Kiernan Ryan (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
4.2."The Idea of Communism in Shakespeare", Peter Holbrook (University of Queensland, Australia)
4.3."'Leftward Ho!': Shakespeare and Lenin in the Tempest of Class Politics", Jeffrey Butcher (College of Coastal Georgia)
4.4."The Visible and the Invisible: Shakespeare and the Question of Social Justice in King Lear", Geraldo de Sousa (University of Kansas, USA)
Annotated Bibliography
Index
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