{"product_id":"local-shakespeares-martin-orkin-9780415348799","title":"Local Shakespeares: Proximations and Power","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable volume challenges scholars and students to look beyond a dominant European and North American 'metropolitan bank' of Shakespeare knowledge. As well as revealing the potential for a new understanding of Shakespeare's plays, Martin Orkin adopts a fresh approach to issues of power, where 'proximations' emerge from a process of dialogue and challenge traditional notions of authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into two parts this book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eencourages us to recognise the way in which 'local' or 'non-metropolitan' knowledges and experiences might extend understanding of Shakespeare's texts and their locations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edemonstrates the use of local as well as metropolitan knowledges in exploring the presentation of masculinity in Shakespeare's late plays. These plays themselves dramatise encounters with different cultures and, crucially, challenges to established authority.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Orkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041534879X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415348799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.23w x 0.50d","brand":"Martin Orkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086592651519,"sku":"9780415348799","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f98a78d2-e5b9-4079-ba4b-320777076900.jpg?v=1769095573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/local-shakespeares-martin-orkin-9780415348799","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}