1992/05/01 by Barbara Hodgdon · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Psychology · #Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism #Theatre and Performance Studies #Cinema and Media Studies #Consumerism #Pleasure #Fantasy #Voyeurism #Comedy #Reading (process) #Romance #HAMLET (protein complex) #Art #Aesthetics #Capital (architecture) #Literature #Feminism #Everyday life #Mythology #Sociology #Gender studies #Psychoanalysis #Visual arts #Psychology #Political science #Law
paper · doi:10.2307/462760
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Offering a layered reading of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, this essay investigates the gender politics of the play's Elizabethan performance conditions together with those of twentieth-century film and video reproductions. Instead of attempting to recuperate Shrew for feminism, this reading confronts the sadomasochistic fantasies lurking behind the facades of farce and romantic comedy; considers how Shrew's representations accumulate cultural capital that can be deployed to make and remake new patriarchies and new myths about “woman,” as well as about women; and explores the play's continuing cultural renewal as a popular pleasure that weaves together voyeurism, fantasy, and consumerism.