Shakespeare and modern popular culture /
Douglas Lanier.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- ix, 187 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 21 cm.
- Oxford Shakespeare topics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study argues that Shakespeare's appropriation in 20th century popular culture can be seen as a form of cultural theorizing and, through a series of case studies, it examines how popular culture actively constructs, contests, uses, and perpetuates Shakespeare's cultural authority.