TY - GEN AU - Parmita Kapadia AU - Craig Dionne TI - Native Shakespeares: Indigenous Appropriations on a Global Stage SN - 9781138278417 PY - 2016///1128 CY - Oxford PB - Routledge N2 - Explored in this essay collection is how Shakespeare is rewritten, reinscribed and translated to fit within the local tradition, values, and languages of the world's various communities and cultures. Contributors show that Shakespeare, regardless of the medium - theater, pedagogy, or literary studies - is commonly 'rooted' in the local customs of a people in ways that challenge the notion that his drama promotes a Western idealism. Native Shakespeares examines how the persistent indigenization of Shakespeare complicates the traditional vision of his work as a voice of Western culture and colonial hegemony. The international range of the collection and the focus on indigenous practices distinguishes Native Shakespeares from other available texts ER -