Racism, misogyny, and the Othello myth : inter-racial couples from Shakespeare to Spike Lee / Celia R. Daileader.

Considering texts spanning four centuries, and bridging the Atlantic - from genres as diverse as English Renaissance drama, abolitionist literature, gothic horror and contemporary romance - Daileader questions Anglo-American culture's canonical narratives of inter-racial sex from a variety of p...

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Main Author: Daileader, Celia R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Summary:Considering texts spanning four centuries, and bridging the Atlantic - from genres as diverse as English Renaissance drama, abolitionist literature, gothic horror and contemporary romance - Daileader questions Anglo-American culture's canonical narratives of inter-racial sex from a variety of perspectives.
Item Description:Readings of texts span four centuries and cover English Renaissance drama, abolitionist literature, Gothic horror and contemporary romance.
Physical Description:ix, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-253) and index.
ISBN:9780521848787
0521848784
9780521613149
0521613140