Katherina Bound; or, Play(K)ating the Strictures of Everyday Life

Abstract

Offering a layered reading of Shakespeare'sTaming of the Shrew,this essay investigates the gender politics of the play's Elizabethan performance conditions together with those of twentieth-century film and video reproductions. Instead of attempting to recuperateShrewfor feminism, this reading confronts the sadomasochistic fantasies lurking behind the facades of farce and romantic comedy; considers howShrew'srepresentations accumulate cultural capital that can be deployed to make and remake new patriarchies and new myths about “woman,” as well as about women; and explores the play's continuing cultural renewal as a popular pleasure that weaves together voyeurism, fantasy, and consumerism.

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