"If You Prick Us: Shylock and the Politics of Touch"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbm187/
Author:
	Döring, Tobias.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2022
Publication Information:
	Arcadia 57, no. 1 (2022): 12–24.
Annotation:
	Examines Shylock's iconic "If you prick us" speech to engage with "the politics of touch," investigating "dramatic exploration of touch management" and conditions and effects of playacting. Argues Shakespeare "may have staged Shylock’s body politics so as to test the possibilities and power of his own medium, the theatre, to touch." English summary, 12. 
Language:
	English
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Merchant of Venice
WSB Update:
	Summer 2024
WSB Record Number:
	bbbm187