Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies: Legacies, Cultures and Social Justice (Global Shakespeare Inverted) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350344141 ISBN 13: 9781350344143

Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare, 2025

Synopsis

Shakespeare in the 'Post'Colonies provides a wide-ranging examination of engagements with and adaptations of Shakespeare in regions that were once under European colonial rule. Arguing for the 'Post'Colonies as a distinct category within Global Shakespeares, this volume explores the reality of 21st-century Shakespeares in geographies of post-colonial and postcolonial inheritance, such as continental Africa, Australasia, the Arab world, the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and the Americas. As former colonies in Asia and Africa cross fifty and even seventy years of political independence, contributors re-examine the presence of Shakespeare in marginalised or politically disenfranchised communities, interrogating how Shakespeare intersects with the internal and global power dynamics of post-independence nations. The essays cover a rich array of genres ranging from theatrical performances, translations, and cinematic adaptations to classroom strategies. They turn to texts that have often gone ignored and give voice to Shakespeare appropriations by subaltern groups. Essays address questions of race, gender, nationality, indigeneity, caste and class, shedding new light on the diverse range of contemporary Shakespeare engagements across the global ‘Post’Colonies.

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About the Authors

Amrita Dhar is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California San Diego, USA.

Amrita Sen is Associate Professor and Deputy Director of UGC-MMTTC, affiliated faculty Department of English, University of Calcutta, India.

David Schalkwyk is Director of Research at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C. and Professor of English at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is editor of Shakespeare Quarterly and his books include Speech and Performance in Shakespeare's Sonnets and Plays (2002), Literature and the Touch of the Real (2004), Shakespeare, Love and Service (2008).

Silvia Bigliazzi is Professor of English at Verona University, Italy, where she specializes in early modern English theatre, with a focus on Shakespeare. She has published two monographs - on Hamlet and on the idea of non-being, besides translations into Italian of a number of Shakespeare's plays, including the Arden edition of Double Falsehood edited by Brean Hammond.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350344141
• ISBN 13: 9781350344143
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Dhar Amrita