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"Adapting Shakespeare: shattering stereotypes of Asian women onstage and onscreen." Oxford University Press blog, July 5, 2021
- Author(s):
- Alexa Alice Joubin (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- LLC East Asian, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, LLC Shakespeare, MS Screen Arts and Culture, The Renaissance Society of America
- Subject(s):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Literature--Adaptations, Feminism, Performance art--Study and teaching, Critical race theory, Asia, Area studies
- Item Type:
- Blog Post
- Tag(s):
- Ophelia, film adaptation, east asia, Asian America, Global Shakespeare, Performance studies, Asian studies, Adaptation
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/xppr-vc77
- Abstract:
- Gender roles in Shakespeare’s plays take on new meanings when they are embodied by Asian actors. Learning more about Asian approaches to performance not only enriches our worldview but also makes Asian cultures less abstract and Asian people more relatable as fellow human beings. Reflecting the idea that strength and empowerment can take many forms, these performances counter the racialized myths about Asian women that have led to the fetishization of Asian women as subservient and dainty objects. The fetish makes Asian women interchangeable. :::::: https://blog.oup.com/2021/07/adapting-shakespeare-shattering-stereotypes-of-asian-women-onstage-and-onscreen/
- Notes:
- Drawing on Alexa Alice Joubin’s new book, Shakespeare and East Asia (Oxford University Press, 2021), this essay shows how we can counter the racialized myths about Asian women by attending to the idea that strength and empowerment can take many forms.
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- Published as:
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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