LEADER 02895nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910782159403321 005 20230721032627.0 010 $a0-8166-5656-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000536003 035 $a(EBL)349972 035 $a(OCoLC)476167508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108827 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11745641 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108827 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10044525 035 $a(PQKB)10800527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC349972 035 $a(OCoLC)236101017 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38876 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL349972 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233812 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525736 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000536003 100 $a20080130d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBarbarous play$b[electronic resource] $erace on the English Renaissance stage /$fLara Bovilsky 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-4965-0 311 $a0-8166-4964-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. Race on the Renaissance stage -- 1. Desdemona's blackness -- 2. Exemplary Jews and the logic of gentility -- 3. The English Italian -- 4. Race, science, and aversion. 330 $a"Exploring the similar underpinnings of early modern and contemporary ideas of difference, this book examines the English Renaissance understandings of race as depicted in drama. Reading plays by Shakespeare, Marlow, Webster, and Middleton, Lara Bovilsky offers case studies of how racial meanings are generated by narratives of boundary crossing--especially miscegenation, religious conversion, class transgression, and moral and physical degeneracy. In the process, she reveals the parallels between the period's conceptions of race and gender"--From publisher description. 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aEnglish drama$yEarly modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish drama$y17th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTheater$zEngland$xHistory$y16th century 606 $aTheater$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aRace in the theater$zEngland$xHistory 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aRace in the theater$xHistory. 676 $a822/.309355 700 $aBovilsky$b Lara$f1973-$01482711 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782159403321 996 $aBarbarous play$93700530 997 $aUNINA