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b'Close reading of Shakespeare is not a new concept. But this kind of close reading is more challenging\\u2014and it can help us interpret Shakespeare\\u2019s words in new and profound ways. Our guests are two contributors to the new Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race: Dr. Patricia Akhimie, who wrote a chapter on race in the comedies, and Dr. Carol Mejia LaPerle, who wrote a chapter on race in the tragedies. Together, they explore the ways that Shakespeare\\u2019s language\\u2014think descriptors like \\u201cfair,\\u201d \\u201csooty,\\u201d or \\u201calabaster\\u201d\\u2014constructs and enshrines systems of race and racism. Akhmie and LaPerle are interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.\\n\\nDr. Patricia Akhimie is an Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. She is a 2021 - 22 Research Fellow at the Folger.\\n\\nDr. Carol Mejia LaPerle is Professor and Honors Advisor for the Department of English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She has participated in numerous Folger Institute scholarly programs and was a speaker at the 2019 Race and Periodization Conference.\\n\\nThe Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Race was published by Cambridge University Press and became available in the US in February 2021. \\nFrom the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. Published October 26, 2021. \\xa9 Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, \\u201cA Whole Theater of Others,\\u201d was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster. Ben Lauer is the web producer. Leonor Fernandez edits a transcript of every episode, available at folger.edu. We had technical help from Andrew Feliciano and Paul Luke at Voice Trax West in Studio City, California.'