Othello: New Essays by Black WritersMythili Kaul The theme of this work is race and racism in Othello. The critical question raised is whether Othello is a racist play, written by a racist playwright, for a racist audience, or whether it is a play about racism, with Iago as the embodiment of racist attitudes. The perspectives, approaches, and conclusions of the essays are diverse. |
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... century , unlike in the centuries following , were " psychological and cul- tural " and not " political and economic , " that is , not " due to any struggle for power or wealth " ( 122 ) . Clearly , racist ideology involves factors that ...
... century , unlike in the centuries following , were " psychological and cul- tural " and not " political and economic , " that is , not " due to any struggle for power or wealth " ( 122 ) . Clearly , racist ideology involves factors that ...
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... century , and where , unlike Europe , there was , through the nineteenth century , a steady intensification of racism and racialist attitudes culminating , beyond the Civil War , in the Jim Crow legislation enacted by the southern ...
... century , and where , unlike Europe , there was , through the nineteenth century , a steady intensification of racism and racialist attitudes culminating , beyond the Civil War , in the Jim Crow legislation enacted by the southern ...
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... century , made me realize that Shakespeare's play could be useful as a paradigmatic representation of narratives of miscegenation against which to read twentieth - century African American literature , specifically Chester Himes's novel ...
... century , made me realize that Shakespeare's play could be useful as a paradigmatic representation of narratives of miscegenation against which to read twentieth - century African American literature , specifically Chester Himes's novel ...
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Black or Tawny? Stage Representations | 1 |
Or Ego in Love Sex and | 23 |
Would Direct Othello | 29 |
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