• “Uncomfortable Bedfellows: Shakespeare and Global Studies”, Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare 40 (2022)

    Author(s):
    Alexa Alice Joubin (see profile)
    Date:
    2022
    Group(s):
    CLCS Renaissance and Early Modern, GS Drama and Performance, LLC Shakespeare, MS Screen Arts and Culture, The Renaissance Society of America
    Subject(s):
    Globalization, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Feminism, Digital humanities, COVID-19 (Disease), Saudi Arabia, France, India, Transgender people, Hamlet (Shakespeare, William)
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    digital theatre, Global Shakespeare, Bollywood movies, French new wave, gender theory, Henry V, Shakespeare in popular culture
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/mh0p-9h89
    Abstract:
    Abstract in English ::: Shakespeare adaptations share an intimate relation with global studies, because Shakespeare – as a cultural institution – registers a broad spectrum of practices that generate productive dialogues with world cultures. Global studies enables us to examine deceivingly harmonious images of Shakespeare’s works. This paper examines culturally fluid, contemporary adaptations in relation to digital cultures. Mining rhizomatic and non-linear flows of tropes, my approach evaluates the connections among Saudi, Bollywood, and French New Wave films. The second part of this paper traces global Shakespeares during the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020. While the global pandemic closed live theatre events and cinemas worldwide, it also ushered in a new phase of globalization fueled by on-demand digital videos as at-home audiences took to streaming to engage with Shakespeare. In tandem with the spread of coronavirus, there is a global viral spread of Shakespeare that carries site-specific meanings with them in disembodied forms. Delineating the relations between Shakespeare and global studies in adaptations and in digital culture, this paper outlines the future challenges and opportunities for the fields.
    Notes:
    https://journals.openedition.org/shakespeare/7040 :::: Résumés francais ::: Les adaptations de Shakespeare entretiennent un lien privilégié avec les études de la mondialisation, car Shakespeare, en tant qu’institution culturelle, recouvre un large éventail de pratiques qui génèrent des dialogues productifs avec les cultures du monde. Les études mondiales nous permettent d’examiner une certaine image, trop simpliste, des œuvres de Shakespeare.
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    Pub. DOI:
    doi.org/10.4000/shakespeare.7040
    Publisher:
    OpenEdition
    Pub. Date:
    2022-7-5
    Journal:
    Actes des congrès de la Société française Shakespeare
    Volume:
    40
    Page Range:
    1 - 20
    ISSN:
    2271-6424
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    11 months ago
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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