Kinesthetic Spectatorship in the Theatre

Phenomenology, Cognition, Movement
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-06300-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Reihe: Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance

This book is about the centrality of movement, movement perception, and kinesthetic experience to theatrical spectatorship. Drawing upon phenomenological accounts of movement experience and the insights of cognitive science, neuroscience, acting theory, dance theory, philosophy of mind, and linguistics, it considers how we inhabit the movements of others and how these movements inhabit us. Individual chapters explore the dynamics of movement and animation, action and intentionality, kinesthetic resonance (or mirroring), language, speech, and empathy. In one of its most important contributions to the study of theatre, performance, and spectatorship, this book foregrounds otherness, divergence, and disability in its account of movement perception. The discussions of this and other issues are accompanied by detailed analysis of theatre, puppetry, and dance performances.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Garner, Jr.

Garner, Jr., Stanton B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatertheorie, Ästhetik des Theaters, Theaterkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Movement and Animation.-Movement, Difference, Ability.- Movement, Attention, and Intentionality.-Kinesthetic Resonance.-Language, Speech, Movement.- Empathy and Otherness.

Über Autor(innen)

Stanton B. Garner, Jr. is Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of Theatre at the University of Tennessee, USA. He is the author of The Absent Voice: Narrative Comprehension in the Theater, Bodied Spaces: Phenomenology and Performance in Contemporary Drama, Trevor Griffiths: Politics, Drama, History, and numerous articles on drama, theatre, and performance.