The Females and the Non-Humans in Julie Taymor’s The Tempest

In Julie Taymor’s film version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest (2010), Prospero is changed into a female, Prospera. As almost all the original lines and plots are retained, the film would appear to be a ‘straight’ film version of Shakespeare. However, changing the sex of the main character sheds a new...

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Main Author: Mori Yukiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Gender Studies
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/genst.2015.14.issue-1/genst-2016-0001/genst-2016-0001.xml?format=INT