Transforming Shakespeare: Contemporary Women's Re-Visions in Literature and Performance - Tapa dura

A surprisingly large number of women writers, directors, and performers have created works that respond to Shakespeare and to more traditional interpretations of his plays. In this collection, feminist critics explore such rewritings, as well as recent Shakespeare performances directed by women. They examine how these works use rewritings of Shakespeare to address issues of gender, race, sexuality, colonialism, and class, as well as the general question of our relation to cultural tradition at the start of the new millennium. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)