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The African Company and Black Shakespeare in 1820s New York
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The African Company and Black Shakespeare in 1820s New York

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Joyce Green MacDonald is the author of this excerpt from The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race, a collection of essays edited by Patricia Akhimie.

Visualizing Race Virtually: Exploring the art of Shakespeare
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Visualizing Race Virtually: Exploring the art of Shakespeare

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David Sterling Brown

David Sterling Brown writes about the images and ideas presented in his virtual-reality exhibition, which features art from the Folger collection.

Excerpt: "The Great White Bard"
The Great White Bard by Farah Karim-Cooper
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Excerpt: "The Great White Bard"

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Farah Karim-Cooper explores the way that race is represented by Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello, in this excerpt from her new book, The Great White Bard.

Excerpt: "White People in Shakespeare"
The Arden Shakespeare. White People in Shakespeare. Essays on Race, Culture and the Elite. Edited by Arthur L. Little Jr.
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Excerpt: "White People in Shakespeare"

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White People in Shakespeare examines what part Shakespeare played in the construction of a “white people” and how his work has been enlisted to define and bolster a white cultural and racial identity.