Who does Shakespeare—or, for that matter, any artifact of “Western cultures”—belong to? How might examining what Black writers, artists, and critics have done with Shakespeare not only expand our understanding of Shakespeare and his legacy, but also our appreciation of the complex ways that Black people use Shakespeare in their artists, intellectual, and political projects?
Join Dr. Dennis Britton in a conversation not only about Shakespeare, but also about what is to be gained by examining how racialized peoples use cultural artifacts that are assumed to belong to white culture.
