Thomas Dabbs speaks with Alexa Alice Joubin of George Washington University about her recent book, 'Shakespeare and East Asia'. Alexa also reviewed her recent research in race and gender studies, with regard to Shakespeare, and presented on her examinations of Shakespearean adaptation across the globe in small and in large ways. [SEGMENTS] 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:11 - Shakespeare and East Asia 00:08:52 - Constructed “foreignness”, invisible and visible 00:28:58 - Critical race studies and racial identity 00:27:41 - Reparative transgender Shakespeare 00:34:04 - Stage Beauty, inspired by Othello 00:38:45 - Transgender theory and Stage Beauty 00:47:50 - The King and the Clown, inspired by Hamlet, 12th Night, and Shrew 00:54:13 - Adapting Shakespeare for reparative purposes, vocal disability 00:57:05 - The King’s Speech, reparative adaptations 01:03:09 - Onscreen Allusions to Shakespeare 01:10:04 - Teaching Shakespeare in a time of hate, inclusive pedagogies 01:15:49 - Screening Shakespeare, an open-access textbook 01:17:43 - Closing remarks [KEYWORDS AND PHRASES] Shakespeare and East Asia How perception of “foreignness” is constructed in intercultural work Critical race studies and racial identity Being invisible and visible Reparative transgender Shakespeare Stage Beauty, inspired by Othello The King and the Clown, inspired by Hamlet. Twelfth Night, and Taming of the Shrew Adapting Shakespeare for reparative purposes Depictions of vocal disability The King’s Speech, recitation of “to be or not to be” in a scene Teaching Shakespeare in a time of hate Inclusive pedagogies Strategies to de-colonize Shakespeare Open-access interactive textbook on Shakespeare and film studies