Interpreting Othello in the Arabian Gulf: Shakespeare in a Time of Blackface Controversies

This article opens with some brief observations on the phenomenon of Arab blackface—that is, of Arab actors “blacking up” to impersonate black Arab or African characters—from classic cinematic portrayals of the warrior-poet Antara Ibn Shaddad to more recent deployments of blackface in the Arab enter...

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Main Author: Katherine Hennessey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Multicultural Shakespeare
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir/article/view/9362