Black Shakespeare: Reading and Misreading Race by Ian Smith Hamlet illustrated by Christian Birmingham

illustrated by Christian Birmingham

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Black Shakespeare: Reading and Misreading Race by Ian Smith Hamlet illustrated by Christian BirminghamRace may dominate everyday speech, media headlines and public policy, yet still questions of racialized blackness and whiteness in Shakespeare are resisted. In his compelling new book Ian Smith addresses the influence of systemic whiteness on the interpretation of Shakespeare's plays. This far reaching study shows that significant parts of Shakespeare's texts have been elided, misconstrued or otherwise rendered invisible by readers who have ignored