Shakespeare and disability studies

by Loftis, Sonya Freeman

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Title Statements

Full title :Shakespeare and disability studies / Sonya Freeman Loftis.

Summary

"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."--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (143 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780192650061, 0192650068
oclc:on1249693176
LC Classification:PR3069.B58
Dewey Decimal:822.33

Subjects

Body and soul in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc English drama -- 17th century English drama -- Early modern and Eliza… Esprit et corps dans la littérature Mind and body in literature People with disabilities and the perfor… People with disabilities in literature Personnes handicapées et arts du specta… Shakespeare, William Théâtre anglais -- 16e siècle Théâtre anglais -- 17e siècle