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Chapter 3 - Rethinking blackness

The case of Olivier's Othello

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2015

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Peter Holland
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Sarah Hatchuel  and
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Sarah Hatchuel
Affiliation:
University of Le Havre
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
Affiliation:
Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier
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Shakespeare on Screen: Othello , pp. 43 - 58
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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