Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 57 IS - 1-2 T2 - Comparative Drama SP - 29-56 ID - bbbo386 T1 - "Decommissioning the Bard: Chloe Gong's These Violent Delights as Anticolonial Edutainment" AU - Corredera, Vanessa I PY - 2023 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1353/cdr.2023.a904531 LA - English AB - Contends that Chloe Gong’s young adult adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, These Violent Delights (q.v.), "exemplifies ... anticolonial, antiracist writing back as it entertainingly weaves postcolonial concepts into its dramatic narrative and structure." Shows how Gong's novel encourages students and readers to draw on Shakespeare to reflect on current events. ER -