Shakespeare in Africa (& Other Venues): Import & the Appropriation of CultureThis complex work explores "constellations of encounters and evidence of import in various contexts, ranging from Oxford to the popular stage in Bombay, and from North America's various negotiations of its putative European ancestries to Shakespeare's reception in Africa as compared with that in Europe and the Americas". |
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... human rights . In Shylock's Rights , Andrew explains , " I interpret The Merchant of Venice as if it were presenting the arguments for and against human rights . Rights , we have said , emerge from the distinction between charity and ...
... human rights . In Shylock's Rights , Andrew explains , " I interpret The Merchant of Venice as if it were presenting the arguments for and against human rights . Rights , we have said , emerge from the distinction between charity and ...
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... human folly made to look like the spoils of thieving . " There is material here , of course , with which to also limn " a quarrelsome band of footsore sulky niggers " as they trod on the heels of donkeys , carrying with them " a lot of ...
... human folly made to look like the spoils of thieving . " There is material here , of course , with which to also limn " a quarrelsome band of footsore sulky niggers " as they trod on the heels of donkeys , carrying with them " a lot of ...
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... human dawn " ) and recognition of eschatology ( " Spade buried in primordial sand " ) . Las alturas explores this chimera of an Inca presence and absence— “ tall city of stepped stone , / home at long last of whatever earth / had never ...
... human dawn " ) and recognition of eschatology ( " Spade buried in primordial sand " ) . Las alturas explores this chimera of an Inca presence and absence— “ tall city of stepped stone , / home at long last of whatever earth / had never ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
womanchild in the compromised land | 17 |
The Lands of America and | 183 |
Copyright | |
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Shakespeare in Africa (& Other Venues): Import & the Appropriation of Culture Lemuel A. Johnson No preview available - 1998 |
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