early modern literature, race, religion, politics, and pop culture
My book, Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds, will be published at the end of this month. In advance of its release, I wanted to share a bit about what I discuss in the book. It's common knowledge that Shakespeare doesn't have any Muslims in his plays, but is that common knowledge accurate? Starting from this premise, … Continue reading Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds
This bibliography offers a genealogy of the scholarly work in premodern (critical) race studies. It exhibits the long history of this scholarship and shows the new directions for critical inquiry that have emerged in recent years.
Some years ago, during a seminar at a Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) meeting in Atlanta, Ayanna Thompson proclaimed that Othello was “white property.” Commenting on the function of Othello’s Blackness in early modern culture as well as our own, Thompson signaled the importance of remembering that considerations of Othello and his racial identity must, … Continue reading Review: Blackface by Ayanna Thompson
Ambereen Dadabhoy 