Anti-Black Racism in Early Modern English Drama: The Other “Other,”

• Published in: Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England Vol. 32; pp. 253 - 256
• Main Author: Ndiaye, Noémie
• Format: Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cranbury Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp DBA Associated University Presses 01.01.2019; Associated University Presses
• Subjects: Chapman, Matthieu; Civil society; D Avenant, William, Sir (1606-1668); Drake, Francis (1540?-1596); Drama; Dramaturgy; Early Modern English; Early modern period; Gender; History; Intersectionality; Jewish people; Literary characters; Literary devices; Nonfiction; Ontology; Race; Racism; Reviews; Slavery; Subjectivity; Theater; United Kingdom > UK; England; Peru

According to him, unlike non-white Others such as Moors, Indians, Jews, or Turks whose humanity was recognized by the English even when they were denigrated, black people were not seen as humans. [...]Anti-Black Racism in Early Modern English Drama undertakes to study representations of black people...