Import/Export: Trafficking in Cross-Cultural Shakespearean Spaces
This essay examines the phenomenon of cross-cultural Shakespearean “traffic” as an import/export “business” by analyzing the usefulness of the concept crosscultural through a series of theoretical binaries: Global vs. Local Shakespeares, Glocal and Intercultural Shakespeare; and the very definition...
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| description | This essay examines the phenomenon of cross-cultural Shakespearean “traffic” as an import/export “business” by analyzing the usefulness of the concept crosscultural through a series of theoretical binaries: Global vs. Local Shakespeares, Glocal and Intercultural Shakespeare; and the very definition of space and place within the Shakespearean lexicon. The essay argues that theoretically, the opposition of global and local Shakespeares has a tendency to collapse, and both glocal and intercultural Shakespeares are the object of serious critique. However, the project of cross-cultural Shakespeare is sustained by the dialectic between memorialization and forgetting that attends all attempts to record these cross-cultural experiences. The meaning of crosscultural Shakespeare lies in the interpreter’s agency. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e901f6c90197446ab366673a4392a9d12022-12-22T02:25:30ZengLodz University PressMulticultural Shakespeare2300-76052017-06-011530152610.1515/mstap-2017-00022272Import/Export: Trafficking in Cross-Cultural Shakespearean SpacesChristy Desmet0University of GeorgiaThis essay examines the phenomenon of cross-cultural Shakespearean “traffic” as an import/export “business” by analyzing the usefulness of the concept crosscultural through a series of theoretical binaries: Global vs. Local Shakespeares, Glocal and Intercultural Shakespeare; and the very definition of space and place within the Shakespearean lexicon. The essay argues that theoretically, the opposition of global and local Shakespeares has a tendency to collapse, and both glocal and intercultural Shakespeares are the object of serious critique. However, the project of cross-cultural Shakespeare is sustained by the dialectic between memorialization and forgetting that attends all attempts to record these cross-cultural experiences. The meaning of crosscultural Shakespeare lies in the interpreter’s agency.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/szekspir/article/view/2272global shakespearelocal shakespeareintercultural shakespeareglocal shakespearedobsonmichaelwilsonrobert kennedybarucharustommassaisoniaisango ensembleglobe to globe hamletlaura bohannon“shakespeare in the bush”orkinmartin |
| spellingShingle | Christy Desmet Import/Export: Trafficking in Cross-Cultural Shakespearean Spaces Multicultural Shakespeare global shakespeare local shakespeare intercultural shakespeare glocal shakespeare dobson michael wilson robert kennedy barucha rustom massai sonia isango ensemble globe to globe hamlet laura bohannon “shakespeare in the bush” orkin martin |
| title | Import/Export: Trafficking in Cross-Cultural Shakespearean Spaces |
| title_full | Import/Export: Trafficking in Cross-Cultural Shakespearean Spaces |
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| title_short | Import/Export: Trafficking in Cross-Cultural Shakespearean Spaces |
| title_sort | import export trafficking in cross cultural shakespearean spaces |
| topic | global shakespeare local shakespeare intercultural shakespeare glocal shakespeare dobson michael wilson robert kennedy barucha rustom massai sonia isango ensemble globe to globe hamlet laura bohannon “shakespeare in the bush” orkin martin |
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