Shakespeare and the Cultivation of Difference: Race and Conduct in the Early Modern World

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By Patricia Akhimie ’00

Published Sept. 9, 2021

Akhimie’s book explores the legacy of racial discrimination as applied to the early modern world seen in Shakespeare’s plays. Approaching race through the discourse of conduct, Shakespeare and the Cultivation of Difference (Routledge) explores the impact of various racial stigmas on the pursuit for upward social mobility in the early modern world.

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