‘Qualities of Breeding’: Race, Class and Conduct in  The Merchant of Venice

Akhimie, Patricia

doi:10.5040/9781350110250.ch-007

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“…More recently, I have been thinking through the word “quality” for an essay on The Merchant of Venice (Akhimie, 2020). The multiple meanings of “quality” at work in the play triangulate a new mode of social differentiation, locating racialism at the nexus of ideas about shared ability , shared belief , and rank .…”

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Cultivating expertise: Glossing Shakespeare and race

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2021

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Tracing connections between research methodologies and classroom practices in the study of Shakespeare and race, this essay argues for the importance of offering students’ opportunities to build and demonstrate expertise. The essay discusses the use of a glossary exercise in classes on race and early modern literature, and the learning objectives for such courses. Finally, the essay offers a critique of such courses as commonly structured and suggestions for new directions in teaching race in literature from this period.

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