Variable Objects
Shakespeare and Speculative Appropriation
Published on 5. December 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-4744-8140-3 (ISBN)
Description
Examines Shakespeare fragments as agents of appropriation
Drawing on new materialism and object-oriented ontology, Variable Objects proposes that Shakespeare is a vibrant object replete with a variable energy that accounts for its infinite meaning-making capacity. Using critical race theory, object oriented feminism, performance studies, Global Shakespeares, media studies and game theory, the collection's essays explore the dialogic relationship between the Shakespeare object and its appropriation. Each chapter demonstrates that instead of moving away from the source of appropriation, an object-oriented approach can centralise Shakespeare without the constraints of outdated notions of fidelity. Highlighting the variable materiality inherent in Shakespeare, the collection foregrounds the political ecologies of literary objects as a new methodology for adaptation studies.
Drawing on new materialism and object-oriented ontology, Variable Objects proposes that Shakespeare is a vibrant object replete with a variable energy that accounts for its infinite meaning-making capacity. Using critical race theory, object oriented feminism, performance studies, Global Shakespeares, media studies and game theory, the collection's essays explore the dialogic relationship between the Shakespeare object and its appropriation. Each chapter demonstrates that instead of moving away from the source of appropriation, an object-oriented approach can centralise Shakespeare without the constraints of outdated notions of fidelity. Highlighting the variable materiality inherent in Shakespeare, the collection foregrounds the political ecologies of literary objects as a new methodology for adaptation studies.
Reviews / Votes
This extraordinary collection will have a profound impact on Shakespeare and appropriation studies. Using object-oriented methodology, the authors develop a speculative approach that refigures Shakespeare as a vibrant, multifarious "thing" that actively participates in the creation of limitless interpretations and appropriations. The volume opens up new possibilities for the field. * Lisa S. Starks, University of South Florida *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-8140-3 (9781474481403)
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02/2021
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
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02/2021
1st Edition
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Persons
Valerie M. Fazel, Instructor at Arizona State University, is co-editor of The Shakespeare User: Critical and Creative Appropriation in a Networked Culture and co-author of the Shakespeare Multiverse: Fandom as Literary Praxis. Her essays on Shakespeare, social media, and fandom appear in Borrowers and Lenders and the forthcoming Shakespeare's Audiences. Louise Geddes is Professor of English at Adelphi University, USA. She is the author of Appropriating Shakespeare: A Cultural History of Pyramus and Thisbe and with Valerie M. Fazel she has co-authored The Shakespeare Multiverse: Fandom as Literary Praxis and co-edited The Shakespeare User: Creative and Critical Appropriation in Networked Culture and Variable Objects: Speculative Shakespeare Appropriation. She has had articles published in Shakespeare Bulletin, Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, Shakespeare and Shakespeare Survey. She is currently general co-editor of the open access journal Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare Appropriation.
Content
List of IllustrationsContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Bound in a Nutshell: Shakespeare's Vibrant Matter, Valerie M. Fazel and Louise Geddes
PART I: DISCIPLINARY OBJECTS
Beds, Handkerchiefs, and Moving Objects in Othello, Sujata Iyengar
The Collectible Ofelia:?Object-Oriented Feminisms and the Un-Human Corpus of Q1's Dispensaniac, Molly Seremet
Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Bard, Robert Sawyer
PART II: MEDIA OBJECTS
'Were I human:'?Beingness and the Postcolonial Object in?Westworld's Appropriation of The Tempest, L. Monique Pittman, Vanessa I. Corredera, Kristin N. Denslow, Karl G. Bailey
Finding Ludonarrative Harmony in the Limited Agency of Ophelia in Elsinore, Andrew Darr
Sympathise with the Losers: Performing Intellectual Loserdom in Shakespearian Biopic, Anna Blackwell
Prosthetic Properties: The Materiality of Race and Gender in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, Emily MacLeod
PART III: HUMAN OBJECTS
'Intermission!': Reading Race in the Objects of Key & Peele's 'Othello Tis My Shite', Shanelle E. Kim
Sight Unseen: Visualizing variability through ontological representations in Macbeth', Valerie Clayman Pye and Cara Gargano
The Thing Itself: Performance and the Celebrity Text, Louise Geddes
11. 'The Promised End': Shakespeare and Extinction, Michael Lutz
PART I: DISCIPLINARY OBJECTS
Beds, Handkerchiefs, and Moving Objects in Othello, Sujata Iyengar
The Collectible Ofelia:?Object-Oriented Feminisms and the Un-Human Corpus of Q1's Dispensaniac, Molly Seremet
Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Bard, Robert Sawyer
PART II: MEDIA OBJECTS
'Were I human:'?Beingness and the Postcolonial Object in?Westworld's Appropriation of The Tempest, L. Monique Pittman, Vanessa I. Corredera, Kristin N. Denslow, Karl G. Bailey
Finding Ludonarrative Harmony in the Limited Agency of Ophelia in Elsinore, Andrew Darr
Sympathise with the Losers: Performing Intellectual Loserdom in Shakespearian Biopic, Anna Blackwell
Prosthetic Properties: The Materiality of Race and Gender in The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, Emily MacLeod
PART III: HUMAN OBJECTS
'Intermission!': Reading Race in the Objects of Key & Peele's 'Othello Tis My Shite', Shanelle E. Kim
Sight Unseen: Visualizing variability through ontological representations in Macbeth', Valerie Clayman Pye and Cara Gargano
The Thing Itself: Performance and the Celebrity Text, Louise Geddes
11. 'The Promised End': Shakespeare and Extinction, Michael Lutz