{"product_id":"shakespeare-and-girls-studies-hardback","title":"Shakespeare and Girls’ Studies - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eA modern-day \u003ci\u003eTaming of the Shrew \u003c\/i\u003ethat concludes at a high school prom. An agoraphobic Olivia from \u003ci\u003eTwelfth Night \u003c\/i\u003esending video dispatches from her bedroom. A time-traveling teenager finding romance in the house of Capulet. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Girls’ Studies\u003c\/i\u003e posits that Shakespeare in popular culture is increasingly becoming the domain of the adolescent girl, and engages the interdisciplinary field of Girls’ Studies to analyze adaptation and appropriation of Shakespeare’s plays in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Through chapters on film, television, young adult fiction, and web series aimed at girl readers and audiences, this volume explores the impact of girl cultures and concerns on Shakespeare’s afterlife in popular culture and the classroom. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Girls’ Studies\u003c\/i\u003e argues that girls hold a central place in Shakespearean adaptation, and that studying Shakespeare through the lens of contemporary girlhoods can generate new approaches to Renaissance literature as well as popular culture aimed at girls and young people of marginalized genders. Drawing on contemporary cultural discourses ranging from Abstinence-Only Sex Education and Shakespeare in the US Common Core to rape culture and coming out, this book addresses the overlap between Shakespeare’s timeless girl heroines and modern popular cultures that embrace figures like Juliet and Ophelia to understand and validate the experiences of girls. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Girls’ Studies\u003c\/i\u003e theorizes Shakespeare’s past and present cultural authority as part of an intersectional approach to adaptation in popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546679468270,"sku":"9781138554290","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138554290.jpg?v=1720237970","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/shakespeare-and-girls-studies-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}