Performing race and torture on the early modern stage / Ayanna Thompson.

Author/creator Thompson, Ayanna, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, ©2008.
Descriptionxii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesRoutledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 9
Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 9. ^A560720
Contents Interrogating torture and finding race -- A matter that is no matter : religion, color, and the white actress in The empress of Morocco and Xerxes -- When race is colored : abjection and racial characterization in Titus Andronicus and Oroonoko -- Racializing civility : The Indian emperour, or, The conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards -- Racializing mercantilism : Amboyna, or, The cruelties of the Dutch to the English merchants -- Combating historical amnesia : on the images of prisoner abuse from Abu Ghraib.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.
LCCN 2007001483
ISBN9780415957212 (alk. paper)
ISBN0415957214 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR698.R34 T48 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold