Was the Prince of Morocco in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice a Muslim? His faith is never overtly referenced, but Portia judges him poorly based on his "complexion," a term that refers to skin colour and temperament. Does temperament = religion in this play? #shakerace
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @jamieparis
He would have been thought of as a Muslim. Morocco was a Muslim territory in reality and in the English imaginary. Like the Turk, who is also not identified by religion, geography does that work.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @DrDadabhoy
That makes a lot of sense. So Portia is rejecting an inter-faith union just as much as she is rejecting an inter-racial union! This helps me so much. My article was not working because I was only dealing with the race element of the union.
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Vastauksena käyttäjälle @jamieparis
The whole play is about interfaith rejections and also of making religious difference visible via raicialization.
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Vastauksena käyttäjille @DrDadabhoy ja @jamieparis
Sorry to intrude: In Shakespeare's England, "race" hadn't shed its older ties to language, religion, and class, which is why it's important to attend to how these get played as racial markers in MOV just as much as "color."
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Not an intrusion and absolutely necessary reminder.
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