Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares Queer Theory and American Kiddie Culture

Unspeakable ShaXXXspeares is a savvy look at the wide range of adaptations, spin-offs, and citations of Shakespeare's plays in 1990s popular culture. What does it say about our culture when Shakespearean references turn up in television episodes of The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island, fi...

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Main Author: Burt, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan US 1998, 1998
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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