"Shakespeare's Othello: Postmodern Paradigm Shifts and the American 'Other'" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1940/ Author: Neasman, Everett G. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Daniels, Constructing the Literary Self: Race and Gender in Twentieth-Century Literature, 31–48. : Daniels, Constructing the Literary Self: Race and Gender in Twentieth-Century Literature Annotation: Traces American reception of Othello as different manifestations of "other." Focuses on Melissa Hillman's 2005 production of Othello (q.v.), which cast the protagonist as a black lesbian to show that "for twenty-first century American audiences, the social fear of miscegenation shifts to a fear of lesbian infertility." Language: English Cross-References: Hillman, Othello Persons: Daniels, Patsy J.; Hillman, Melissa Tags: Othello, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Translations and Adaptations WSB Update: Spring 2015 WSB Record Number: bbbc1940