Eating Shakespeare: Cultural Anthropophagy as Global Methodology is a new collection of essays and interviews by leading scholars and researchers offering their perspectives on the meaning of “Global Shakespeare.” It is part of the Arden Shakespeare’s Global Shakespeare Inverted series.
Of special interest are the following chapters from collaborators, regional editors, and advisory board members of MIT Global Shakespeares:
PART ONE Dialogue I: Shakespeare and Cultural Anthropophagy in practice
3 Devouring Shakespeare in north-eastern Brazil: Clowns de Shakespeare director Fernando Yamamoto in conversation with Paulo da Silva Gregório 69
4 Cannibalizing Hamlet in Brazil: Ophelia meets Oxum Cristiane Busato Smith 93
PART TWO Dialogue II: global conversations and intricate intersections
5 De-centring Shakespeare, incorporating otherness: Diana Henderson in conversation with Koel Chatterjee 121
7 Past and present trajectories for ‘Global Shakespeare’: Mark Thornton Burnett in conversation with Anne Sophie Refskou 155
PART FOUR Dialogue IV: re-cultivating and re-disseminating Shakespeare beyond the institution
11 Engrafting him new: educating for citizenship via Shakespeare in a rural area in Brazil Aimara da Cunha Resende 249
Afterword: fat king, lean beggar?
Alfredo Michel Modenessi 282
Visit the Bloomsbury (UK) site for the full Table of Contents or Amazon.com to purchase the book.
Last updated on June 24, 2019 at 2:50pm.
