Teaching Social Justice Through Shakespeare - Why Renaissance Literature Matters Now(Paperback / softback)

New ideas for teaching contemporary social justice through Shakespeare and Renaissance literature Describes innovative and portable teaching methods informed by recent scholarship in early modern literature, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy Offers strategies for effective teaching and advocacy amidst the growing cultural and economic complexities of higher education Demonstrates the relevance of historical literary study to contemporary cultural conversations, especially those about social justice Historicizes the malicious "whitening" of Shakespeare and European culture, recognizing instead multiple, multicultural, accessible Shakespeares Presents Shakespeare's plays as a common corpus of great value to democratic conversations in widely divergent contexts Gives educators language for promoting the
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