Drawing on debates around the global/local dimensions of cultural production; an international team of contributors explore the appropriation of Shakespearersquo;s plays in film and performance around the world.In particular; the book examines the ways in which adapters and directors have put Shakespeare into dialogue with local traditions and contexts. The contributors look in turn at lsquo;localrsquo; Shakespeares for local; national and international audiences; covering a range of English and foreign appropriations that challenge geographical and cultural oppositions between lsquo;centrersquo; and lsquo;peripheryrsquo;; and lsquo;big-timersquo; and lsquo;small-timersquo; Shakespeares.Responding to a surge of critical interest in the poetics and politics of appropriation; World-Wide Shakespeares is a valuable resource for those interested in the afterlife of Shakespeare in film and performance globally.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy K. J.Good resource to help the creative juices flow5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Charming and fascinating bookBy J. GilbertAs my husband and I look toward retirement; we are dreaming of the kind of house we will be looking for; or building; when we move. I have always loved the bungalow style for its coziness and nostalgic feeling. This book is full of bungalow concepts; all drawn from a magazine-sponsored contest in the early 1900s for plans for a brick bungalow for $3000. If you buy this book; be sure to get out your magnifying glass so you can read the designers/architects comments -- they are very funny! One said that if you think you can actually build a brick bungalow for $3000; you should plan on a thatched roof! I love this book and have perused it; and dreamed over it; many times. I have lots of ad-hoc bookmarks (like; corners torn from the newspaper or discarded mail!) stuck in at floor plans I like. There is a brick marketing "story" in the back of the book that is wonderful of its type.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An enjoyable readBy JasonThis book is great. Break out the magnifying glass; some of the printing is really small. My only complaint is the house plans are from people mostly on the east coast; so they dont quite fit what people from the west coast would call "Bungalows". Theres really only 1 plan in there that looks like a California bungalow. But; the book is full of creative plans that would be very comfortable small homes.