Othello and the Ambivalences of Italian Blackface

Blackface is a cultural practice that appears ubiquitously in Italian history cutting across the political spectrum; it also lends itself to suprising anti-racist actions. This essay examines the use of blackface from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century by looking at its appearance in popular...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shaul Bassi, Igiaba Scego
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/9360