“antics, beasts, sprites, witches, Ethiops”: Early Modern Racecraft in The Masque of Blackness (1605)

• 발행기관: 한국영미문학교육학회
• 저자명: 정영진(Youngjin Chung)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미문학교육』영미문학교육 제24집 2호, 229~251쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2020.09.30

영문 초록

In this essay, I call attention to early modern racecraft in order to dwell on what we, teachers of English literature, can and should do with the persistent racism in our rapidly changing world. Despite the renewed definitions and discourses of race, racecraft—an ongoing set of social practices such as rituals, symbolism, and everyday interactions—pervades and informs our attitude towards race. The early modern period is when such racecraft was at work to formulate and elaborate illusions of race and to advance political agendas. Having this historical context in mind, I offer a nuanced reading of Ben Jonson’s The Masque of Blackness (1605) with a special focus on the interstice of racial impersonation and early Stuart statecraft involving both King James and Queen Anna. In so doing, I hope to cultivate discussions of the future of early modern race studies and of ways we can address these issues in the classroom.

목차

I. Introduction: Why “Race”?

II. The Masque of Blackness and Early Jacobean statecraft

III. Queen Anna and the Potential for Femino-centric Blackface

IV. Early Modern Discourses of Race and Skin Color

V. The Future of Early Modern Race Studies?

Works Cited

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The Masque of Blackness Jonson racecraft early Jacobean statecraft Queen Anna of Denmark blackface college education