Podcasts and Feminist Shakespeare Pedagogy

This Element offers theoretical and practical approaches to harness podcasts for shaping a Shakespeare pedagogy that is empowering for women.

Varsha Panjwani (Author)

9781108977180, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 December 2022

75 pages
17.7 x 12.8 x 0.6 cm, 0.11 kg

Scores of women feel excluded from Shakespeare Studies because the sound of this field (whether it is academics giving papers at conferences or actors sharing performance insights) is predominantly male. In contrast, women are well represented in Shakespeare podcasts. Noting this trend, this Element envisions and urges a feminist podagogy which entails utilizing podcasts for feminism in Shakespeare pedagogy. Through detailed case studies of teaching women characters in Hamlet, A Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, and As You Like It, and through road-tested assignments and activities, this Element explains how educators can harness the functionalities of podcasts, such as amplification, archiving, and community building to shape a Shakespeare pedagogy that is empowering for women. More broadly, it advocates paying greater attention to the intersection of Digital Humanities and anti-racist feminism in Shakespeare Studies.

Introduction: Firewalls and Activisms
1. Amplify: The Public Voice of Women in Shakespeare and Podcasts
2. Record: Building Podcast Archives with Shakespeare Actresses
3. Feminist Shakespeare 'Podagogy' in Practice
Conclusion: Press Play
References.

Subject Areas: Educational: drama studies [YQD], Feminism & feminist theory [JFFK], Shakespeare studies & criticism [DSGS], Shakespeare plays [DDS]