Becoming Cleopatra - E-book

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Becoming Cleopatra - ENG

The Shifting Image Of An Icon

F. Royster

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ISBN:	9781137074171
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Arte
Subtema:	Arte
Año de publicación:	2016-04-30

Cleopatra. Sexy, sultry, political, and racially ambiguous. Moving fluidly from Shakespeares England to contemporary LA, Francesca Royster looks at the performance of race and sexuality in a wide range of portrayals of that icon of dangerous female sexuality, Cleopatra. Royster begins with Shakespeares original appropriation of Plutarch, and then moves on to analyze performances of the Cleopatra icon by Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, Pam Grier (Cleopatra Jones) and Queen Latifah (in Set It Off ). Royster argues that Cleopatra highlights a larger cultural anxiety about women, sexuality, and race.

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