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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 64
IS  - no. 1
T2  - Shakespeare Quarterly
SP  - 1-25
ID  - bbbc205
T1  - "Othello's Black Handkerchief"
AU  - Smith, Ian
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
KW  - handkerchief
KW  - race
KW  - Desdemona
KW  - Othello
LA  - English
AB  - Pointing out that critics generally take for granted that Desdemona's handkerchief is white cloth, focuses instead on the stage property's "relation to Othello, and its role in constructing an idea of blackness and race that places severe constraints on black subjectivity." With a response by Michael Neill, 26-31.
ER  -