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Becoming Cleopatra : the shifting image of an icon

From Liz Taylor to Queen Latifah, a provocative examination of the afterlife of Cleopatra in popular culture
Print Book, English, 2003
Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2003
258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9781403961082, 9781403961099, 1403961085, 1403961093
51460541
Introduction Part I: Cleopatra in Hollywood-Constructing and Deconstructing Whiteness African Dreams, Egyptian Nightmares: Cleopatra and Becoming England Cleopatra and the Birth of Film: Staging Perpetual Motion Egyptian Sandals: Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra and the White Grotesque Part II: Cleopatra and Counter-narratives of Adoption Cleopatra Jones (1973): Blaxploitation and Tactical Alliances with Shakespeare Queering Cleo: Set it Off and Queen Latifah's 'Butch-in-the-Hood'