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166 - Coriolanus in South Africa

from Part XVII - Shakespeare as Cultural Icon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
David Johnson
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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apartheidButler, GuyCronin, JeremyGevisser, MarkGillham, D. G.Lütge, DebbieMbeki, Thabopost-apartheidSouth AfricaVerwoerd, H. F.
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 1235 - 1241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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Distiller, Natasha. Shakespeare and the Coconuts. On Post-apartheid South African Culture. Johannesburg: Wits U P, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Schalkwyk, David. Hamlet’s Dreams. The Robben Island Shakespeare. London: Bloomsbury, 2013.Google Scholar
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