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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Global Shakespeare Criticism beyond the Nation State.” Chapter 25 of The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Performance, ed. James C. Bulman (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 423-440 on MLA Commons 8 years ago
To move global Shakespeare studies beyond the more limiting scope of nation-state and cultural profiling, I would like to propose we consider a number of critical concepts as methodology. These concepts critique the limitations of cartographic imagination, and connect the performance site to spaces of knowledge production: (1) the site of…[Read more]
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Steve Mentz deposited “The Fiend Gives Friendly Counsel”: Laucelot Gobbo and Polyglot Economics in The Merchant of Venice in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years agoA focus on Launcelot Gobbo as middleman and unfaithful servant enables an expanded reading of discourses of economics in The Merchant of Venice. In addition to the mercantile modes of Antonio and Shylock, the play also includes a transactional perspective in Launcelot as well as Portia’s fantasy of cornucopia. The chapter is part of Linda…[Read more]
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Steve Mentz deposited “The Fiend Gives Friendly Counsel”: Laucelot Gobbo and Polyglot Economics in The Merchant of Venice in the group
LLC 16th-Century English on MLA Commons 8 years agoA focus on Launcelot Gobbo as middleman and unfaithful servant enables an expanded reading of discourses of economics in The Merchant of Venice. In addition to the mercantile modes of Antonio and Shylock, the play also includes a transactional perspective in Launcelot as well as Portia’s fantasy of cornucopia. The chapter is part of Linda…[Read more]
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Steve Mentz deposited “The Fiend Gives Friendly Counsel”: Laucelot Gobbo and Polyglot Economics in The Merchant of Venice in the group
Global Shakespeares on MLA Commons 8 years agoA focus on Launcelot Gobbo as middleman and unfaithful servant enables an expanded reading of discourses of economics in The Merchant of Venice. In addition to the mercantile modes of Antonio and Shylock, the play also includes a transactional perspective in Launcelot as well as Portia’s fantasy of cornucopia. The chapter is part of Linda…[Read more]
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Steve Mentz deposited “The Fiend Gives Friendly Counsel”: Laucelot Gobbo and Polyglot Economics in The Merchant of Venice on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
A focus on Launcelot Gobbo as middleman and unfaithful servant enables an expanded reading of discourses of economics in The Merchant of Venice. In addition to the mercantile modes of Antonio and Shylock, the play also includes a transactional perspective in Launcelot as well as Portia’s fantasy of cornucopia. The chapter is part of Linda…[Read more]
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Steve Mentz deposited More&More (A Guide to the Harmonized System) excerpts in the group
Sustainable Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years agoThe 10 excerpts below represent my contribution to Marina Zurkow’s volume More&More (A Guide to the Harmonized System) (Punctum 2016).
More&More is an art and research project that explores the language and mechanics of global trade, container shipping, and the exchange of goods. It questions a mercantile structure that by necessity disallows t…[Read more] -
Steve Mentz deposited More&More (A Guide to the Harmonized System) excerpts on Humanities Commons 8 years ago
The 10 excerpts below represent my contribution to Marina Zurkow’s volume More&More (A Guide to the Harmonized System) (Punctum 2016).
More&More is an art and research project that explores the language and mechanics of global trade, container shipping, and the exchange of goods. It questions a mercantile structure that by necessity disallows t…[Read more] -
Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Review of The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare Bulletin 35.4 (2017): 700-703 in the group
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoCan we entertain the idea that The Taming of the Shrew can be performed and received as comedy in the post-Women’s March US? If so, would the laughter be empathetic and solidary rather than callous? The answer lies in physical theater which is uniquely poised to activate elements of farce in the play. Shrew is one of the Shakespearean comedies t…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Review of The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare Bulletin 35.4 (2017): 700-703 in the group
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoCan we entertain the idea that The Taming of the Shrew can be performed and received as comedy in the post-Women’s March US? If so, would the laughter be empathetic and solidary rather than callous? The answer lies in physical theater which is uniquely poised to activate elements of farce in the play. Shrew is one of the Shakespearean comedies t…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Review of The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare Bulletin 35.4 (2017): 700-703 in the group
Global Shakespeares on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoCan we entertain the idea that The Taming of the Shrew can be performed and received as comedy in the post-Women’s March US? If so, would the laughter be empathetic and solidary rather than callous? The answer lies in physical theater which is uniquely poised to activate elements of farce in the play. Shrew is one of the Shakespearean comedies t…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Review of The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare Bulletin 35.4 (2017): 700-703 in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoCan we entertain the idea that The Taming of the Shrew can be performed and received as comedy in the post-Women’s March US? If so, would the laughter be empathetic and solidary rather than callous? The answer lies in physical theater which is uniquely poised to activate elements of farce in the play. Shrew is one of the Shakespearean comedies t…[Read more]
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Alexa Alice Joubin created the event The Ethics of Progressive Shakespeare (session # 54) in the groups 2018 MLA Convention, Global Shakespeares, LLC Shakespeare. on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
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Alexa Alice Joubin deposited “Review of The Taming of the Shrew.” Shakespeare Bulletin 35.4 (2017): 700-703 on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
Can we entertain the idea that The Taming of the Shrew can be performed and received as comedy in the post-Women’s March US? If so, would the laughter be empathetic and solidary rather than callous? The answer lies in physical theater which is uniquely poised to activate elements of farce in the play. Shrew is one of the Shakespearean comedies t…[Read more]
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