Spring 2024 Africana Studies: English BC3817 section 001

Black Shakespeare

Call Number 00034
Day & Time
Location
W 4:10pm-6:00pm
ONLINE ONLY
Points 4
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Kim F Hall
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

This course examines Shakespeare’s role in shaping Western ideas about Blackness, in processes of racial formation, and in Black freedom struggle. As one of the most enduring  representations of a Black man in Western art Shakespeare’s Othello will be a focal point. However, this course will examine other “race” plays as well as works perceived as “race-neutral” in tandem with Black “respeakings” of Shakespeare’s works. This class is antiracist in intent and is shaped by several interlocking questions: What is Black Shakespeare? Can creators and scholars separate Shakespeare from the apparatus of white supremacy that has been built around his works? What are the challenges for BIPOC actors performing Shakespeare on the dominant stage? What are the challenges and obstacles for BIPOC scholars working on Shakespeare in academia? Can performing Shakespeare be an activist endeavor

Web Site Vergil
Department Africana Studies (AFSB)
Enrollment 13 students (15 max) as of 2:06PM Thursday, December 12, 2024
Subject Africana Studies: English
Number BC3817
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note Class will meet online
Section key 20241AFEN3817X001