Situating Shakespeare Pedagogy in US Higher Education: Social Justice and Institutional Contexts

Marissa Greenberg

book: Situating Shakespeare Pedagogy in US Higher Education

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2023

Situating Shakespeare Pedagogy in US Higher Education

Social Justice and Institutional Contexts

Marissa Greenberg

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399516662

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About this book

Moves away from offering a single methodology or approach to social justice teaching, providing practical models for academics to follow

Describes policy strategies and pedagogical practices for more equitable instruction of Shakespeare and Renaissance literature
Reflects candidly on the relationship between identity and institutionality for Shakespeare educators and their students
Situates the harms perpetuated by Shakespeare in higher education and revolutionary responses at institutions across the United States
Foregrounds faculty identities and institutional contexts for teaching and learning about Shakespeare
Demonstrates for higher education administrators the scholarly legitimacy and social significance of justice-oriented pedagogy

On college and university campuses across the United States, scholar-teachers and their students find themselves in conditions of both real threat and tremendous possibility. Building on the recent surge of interest in equitable pedagogy within the field of Shakespeare and Renaissance literary studies, Situating Shakespeare Pedagogy in U.S. Higher Education makes a case for anchoring our teaching in these institutional power dynamics that have historically contributed to systemic injustice and continue to affect our work on a daily basis. Each of the contributors to this collection speaks directly to the intersection between their own identities, the lived experiences of their students, and the particular qualities of the institutions where they teach—including student demographics, curricular requirements, geographical location, and comparative levels of administrative support for implementing social justice approaches. From this perspective, they provide hope and practical guidance for scholar-educators who want to meet our students where they are.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Abstracts Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
Introduction Marissa Greenberg and Elizabeth Williamson Open Access Download PDF	1
1. On Shakespeare, Anticolonial Pedagogy, and Being Just Amrita Dhar Open Access Download PDF	23
2. Deeply Engaged Protest: Social Justice Pedagogy and Shakespeare’s “Monument” Elisa Oh Open Access Download PDF	44
3. Teaching Shakespeare at an Urban Public Community College: An Equity-Driven Approach Victoria M. Muñoz Open Access Download PDF	62
4. Teaching Shakespeare as a Killjoy Practice in a White Dominant Institution Mary Janell Metzger Open Access Download PDF	77
5. Shakespeare and Environmental Justice: Collaborative Eco-Theater in Yosemite National Park and the San Joaquin Valley Katherine Steele Brokaw Open Access Download PDF	94
6. Where Curriculum Meets Community: Teaching Borderlands Shakespeare in San Antonio Katherine Gillen and Kathryn Vomero Santos Open Access Download PDF	111
7. Dressing to Transgress: Aesthetic Matching, Historical Costumers of Color, and the Restorying of Institutional Spaces Penelope Geng Open Access Download PDF	126
8. Shakespeare in a Catholic University: (Re)creating Knowledge in a Divided Landscape Kirsten N. Mendoza Open Access Download PDF	144
9. Shakespeare’s Mixed Stock: Biracial Affect in the Field Roya Biggie and Perry Guevara Open Access Download PDF	159
10. Who Shot Romeo? And How Can We Stop the Bleeding? Urban Shakespeare, White People, and Education Beyond the Neoliberal Nightmare Eric L. De Barros Open Access Download PDF	180
Afterword Wendy Beth Hyman Open Access Download PDF	196
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	203
Index Open Access Download PDF	224

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Other: 5 B/W illustrations 5 colour illustrations 5 black & white and 5 colour illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: September 29, 2023
ISBN: 9781399516662