Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare

Alexa Alice Joubin is Professor of English, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Theatre, International Affairs, and East Asian Languages and Cultures at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA. She is the inaugural recipient of the bell hooks Legacy Award and was awarded the Barbara Hodgdon Award for her work on Contemporary Readings in Global Performances of Shakespeare.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgements and Textual NoteThe Great Globe Itself: An Introduction to Shakespeare in HeterotopiaAlexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University, USA)Methodologies1. Not What Shakespeare Wrote? A Strategy for Reading Shakespeare in TranslationDaniel Gallimore (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)2. Shakespeare and World Cinema: A Strategy for Reading FilmMark Thornton Burnett (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)3. Shakespeare and Multilinguistic Affairs: A Strategy for Reading Across BordersMichael Saenger (Southwestern University, USA)4. Shakespeare in Turkey: A Strategy for Reading Kaleidoscopic ModernityAbdulhamit Arvas (University of Pennsylvania, USA)Big Pictures5. Shakespeare in Iran, Afghanistan, and the Persian DiasporaShauna O'Brien and Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)6. Shakespeare and Southeast AsiaKathy Foley (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)7. Shakespeare and Latin AmericaAnna Stegh Camati (Centro Universitário Campos Andrade, Brazil) and Maria Clara Versiani Galery (Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil)8. Shakespeare and the Arab WorldKatherine Hennessey (Wenzhou-Kean University, China)9. Shakespeare and IndiaThea Buckley (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)10. Shakespeare and the Slavic WorldNatalia Khomenko (York University, Canada)Case Studies11. Haider Revisited: Postcoloniality and the Reception of Shakespeare AdaptationsAmrita Sen (University of Calcutta, India)12. Korean Shamanic Ritual, Yang Jung-ung's Hamlet, and Oh Tae-suk's The TempestHyon-u Lee (Soon Chun Hyang University, South Korea)13. Shakespeare as a Role-Playing Game on Zoom: Virtual Theatre in Brazil During and After the PandemicAline de Mello Sanfelici (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná in Curitiba, Brazil)14. Shakespeare and the UK: 'Brand Britain' and the British Shakespearean repertoire, 1997-2017Stephen Purcell (University of Warwick, UK)15. Wayne & Shuster’s Shakespearean Slapstick on Canadian Radio and TelevisionJennifer Drouin (McGill University, Canada)Coda16. Teaching Global Shakespeare in Yemen, Kuwait, and China: An Interview with Katherine HennesseyAlexa Alice Joubin (George Washington University, USA)Index

This fascinating and globally comprehensive volume guides the reader to re-read Shakespeare’s presence across media and cultures through current methodologies and delve into the many glocal repercussions of Shakespeare. Alexa Alice Joubin and the contributors of this volume deepen and enrich our contemporary understanding of Shakespeare.