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    Shakespeare and Disability Studies by Freeman Loftis, Sonya;

    Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 8 April 2021

    • ISBN 9780198864547
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages160 pages
    • Size 204x135x9 mm
    • Weight 188 g
    • Language English
    • 102

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    Short description:

    Examines the interrelations of Shakespeare studies and disability studies, and demonstrates that Shakespeare can be read through disability theory in ways that need not rely on character-based analysis.

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    Long description:

    Shakespeare and Disability Studies argues that an understanding of disability theory is essential for scholars, teachers, and directors who wish to create more inclusive and accessible theatrical and pedagogical encounters with Shakespeare's plays. Previous work in the field of early modern disability studies has focused largely on Renaissance characters that a modern audience might view as disabled. This volume argues that the conception of disability as residing within individual literary characters limits understandings of disability in Shakespeare: by theorizing disability vis-a-vis characters, previous studies have largely overlooked readers, performers, and audience members who self-identify as disabled. Focusing on issues such as accessible performances, inclusive casting, and Shakespeare-based therapy, Shakespeare and Disability Studies reinvigorates textual approaches to disability in Shakespeare by reading accessibility as an art form and exploring both the powers and potential limits of universal design in theatrical performance. The book examines the complex interdependence among the concepts of theory, access, and inclusion--demonstrating the crucial role of disability theory in building access and examining the ways that access may both open and foreclose inclusive dramatic practice. Shakespeare and Disability Studies challenges Shakespearians, from students to audience members, from classroom teachers to theatre practitioners, to consider how Shakespeare, as industry, as high art, and as cultural symbol, impacts the lived reality of those with disabled bodies and/or minds.

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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction: Theory, Access, Inclusion
    Cripping (and Re-Cripping) Richard: Was Richard III Disabled?
    Making it Accessible: Building Access in Shakespearian Spaces
    Play for All: Shakespeare Therapy and the Concept of Inclusion
    Neurodiverse Shakespeares: Mental Disability in Still Dreaming
    Afterword: The Brilliant Red of Shakespeare
    Further Reading

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