Turning Turk : English Theater and the Multicultural Mediterranean
by
D. Vitkus
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
ISBN-10
0312294522
ISBN-13
9780312294526
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Imprint
St Martin's Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 17th, 2003
Print length
244 Pages
Weight
408 grams
Product Classification:
EuropeTheatre studiesTheatre studiesLiterary studies: generalLiterary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: plays & playwrightsLiterary studies: plays and playwrightsBritish & Irish historyEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Ethnic groups and multicultural studiesEthnic minorities & multicultural studiesInternational relationsHistoryEuropean history
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Vitkus's book demonstrates that the English encounter with exotic alterity, and the theatrical representations inspired by that encounter, helped to form the emergent identity of an English nation that was eagerly fantasizing about having an empire, but was still in the preliminary phase of its colonizing drive.
Turning Turk looks at contact between the English and other cultures inthe early modern Mediterranean, and analyzes the representation of thatexperience on the London stage. Vitkus''s book demonstrates that theEnglish encounter with exotic alterity, and the theatrical representationsinspired by that encounter, helped to form the emergent identity of an English nation that was eagerly fantasizing about having an empire but was still in the preliminary phase of its colonizing drive. Vitkus'' research shows how plays about the multi-cultural Mediterranean participated in this process of identity formation, and how anxieties about religious conversion, foreign trade and miscegenation were crucial factors in the formation of that identity.
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