Premodern Critical Race Studies and the Question of History

Vanessa I. Corredera

doi:10.12745/et.25.2.5246

Premodern Critical Race Studies and the Question of History

Vanessa I. Corredera

Department of English

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Abstract

This essay reviews four recent books in the field of premodern critical race studies: Urvashi Chakravarty’s Fictions of Consent: Slavery, Servitude, and Free Service in Early Modern England (2022); Matthieu Chapman’s Anti-Black Racism in Early Modern English Drama: The Other ‘Other’ (2019); Ruben Espinosa’s Shakespeare on the Shades of Racism (2021); and Ayanna Thompson’s Blackface (2021).

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	89-114
Journal	Early Theatre
Volume	25
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12745/et.25.2.5246
State	Published - Dec 9 2022

Keywords

race
history
literature
premodern drama

Disciplines

English Language and Literature

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