I’m a grad student reading “Caliban and the Witch” for a class assignment and I’m going to write a book review. I’m reluctant to write a book review positioned to social science scholars because most of them already know of it and know why it’s important for thinking about feminism, capitalism, and nature, ect ect.
Anyways, I’m only on chapter 2 and I love this book. I’m upset I was never assigned it before. I now talk about it non-stop and I’ve started to encounter acting, theater and other performance artists that have read it. One person said they read while prepping for “the Crucible”.
Do you identify with performance art in any way (acting, theater, dancing, and I guess studio arts can be performative) and have you read or been encouraged to read “Caliban and the Witch”? What context did you read it and encounter it? What did you like about it? How does it inform your creative work?
by _chopped_liver