Shakespeare / Sex

<p><i>Shakespeare / Sex</i> interrogates the relationship between Shakespeare and sex by challenging readers to consider Shakespeare's texts in light of the most recent theoretical approaches to gender and sexuality studies. It takes as its premise that gender and sexuality studies are key to any interpretation of Shakespeare be it his texts and their historical contexts contemporary stage and cinematic productions or adaptations from the Restoration to the present day. Approaching 'sex' from four main perspectives - heterosexuality third-wave intersectional feminism queer studies and trans studies - this book tackles a range of key topics such as medical science rape culture the environment disability religion childhood sexuality race homoeroticism and trans bodies. <p/>The 12 essays range across Shakespeare's poems and plays including the <i>Sonnets</i> and <i>The Rape of Lucrece</i> <i> Coriolanus</i> <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> <i>Measure for Measure</i> <i>Richard III</i> and <i>The Two Noble Kinsmen</i>. Encouraged to push the envelope contributors to this essay collection open new avenues of inquiry for the study of gender and sexuality in Shakespeare.</p>