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Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon
Francesca T. Royster
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Description for Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon
Hardcover. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 425.
Cleopatra. Sexy, sultry, political, and racially ambiguous. Moving fluidly from Shakespeare's 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 Shakespeare's 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.
Cleopatra. Sexy, sultry, political, and racially ambiguous. Moving fluidly from Shakespeare's 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 Shakespeare's 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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403961082
SKU
V9781403961082
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99-15
About Francesca T. Royster
FRANCESCA ROYSTER is Associate Professor of English at DePaul University, where she teaches courses on Shakespeare, film, and black feminism. She is one of the leading young African American feminist Shakespeare scholars.
Reviews for Becoming Cleopatra: The Shifting Image of an Icon
'...a dense but readable book, especially appropriate for 'Women in Film' courses.' - Publishers Weekly Annex