{"product_id":"liberating-shakespeare-adaptation-and-empowerment-for-young-adult-audiences-hardcover","title":"Liberating Shakespeare: Adaptation and Empowerment for Young Adult Audiences - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Flaherty\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMark Thornton Burnett\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Uman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital shaming. Violence against women. Sexual bullying. Racial slurs and injustice. These are just some of the problems faced by today's young adults. \u003ci\u003eLiberating Shakespeare \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how adaptations of Shakespeare's plays can be used to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShowcasing a wide variety of approaches to understanding, adapting and teaching Shakespeare, this collection examines the significant number of Shakespeare adaptations targeting adolescent audiences in the past 25 years. It examines a wide variety of creative works made for and by young people that harness the power of Shakespeare to address some of the most pressing questions in contemporary culture - exploring themes of violence, race relations and intersectionality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The contributors to this volume consider whether the representations of characters and situations in YA Shakespeare can function as empowering models for students and how these works might be employed within educational settings. This collection argues that YA Shakespeare represents the diverse concerns of today's youth and should be taken seriously as art that speaks to the complexities of a broken world, offering moments of hope for an uncertain future.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Flaherty \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English at Georgia College, USA. She co-edited Arden's \u003ci\u003eThe Taming of the Shrew: The State of Play\u003c\/i\u003e (2021) with Heather Easterling. Her research emphasizes adaptation, global Shakespeare, and girlhood; her publications include articles on Young Adult appropriations of Ophelia and \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e, published in \u003ci\u003eBorrowers and Lenders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShakespeare and Millennial Fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Uman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Dean of the Lindquist College of Arts \u0026amp; Humanities at Weber State University, USA. In addition to her monograph, \u003ci\u003eWomen Translators in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), she co-edited \u003ci\u003eStaging the Blazon in Early Modern Theater\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) with Sara Morrison and has published numerous essays on translation, adaptation and gender in Shakespeare's plays.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53343187108147,"sku":"9781350320260","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/tW1OQfe6lB9781350320260.webp?v=1778706155","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/liberating-shakespeare-adaptation-and-empowerment-for-young-adult-audiences-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}