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Seeing Shakespeare: Narco narratives and neocolonial appropriations of Macbeth in the US–Mexico Borderlands.

This essay examines the racializing logics and consequences of drawing analogies between the works of William Shakespeare and the devastatingly violent realities of the drug trade in the Americas. The particular prominence of Macbeth in the wide range of Shakespearean invocations and appropriations...

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Published in:Literature Compass Vol. 20; no. 7-9; pp. 1 - 17
Main Author: Santos, Kathryn Vomero
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul-Sep2023
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Borderlands
Military invasion
Drug traffic
History of colonies
Narratives
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