Shakespeare's Culture of Violence

In this book, Derek Cohen studies the relationship of Shakespearean drama to the Western culture of violence. He argues that violence is an inherent feature and form of patriarchy and that its production and control is one of the dominant motives of the political system. Shakespeare's plays supply examples of the way in which the patriarchy of his plays - and hence, perhaps, of modern Western culture - absorbs, naturalizes, and legitimizes violence in its attempts to maintain political control over its subjects.

Author: D. Cohen
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/09/1992
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780333570883

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