Developing Self-Awareness About Our Perceptions of Others
- Othello - by William Shakespeare
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Othello and BlackFaceThis podcast episode, which deals with race, Othello, and how the Elizabethans portrayed blackness onstage offers a startling, new interpretation of Desdemona’s handkerchief that is changing the way scholars understand the play.
Professor Ian Smith Publishes Groundbreaking Article on OthelloRead about how Smith challenges the common assumption that the handkerchief given by Othello to Desdemona in Othello is white.
Race and Othello |