The Provocation of the Senses in Contemporary Theatre
Author:   Stephen Di Benedetto (University of Miami, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415506991


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   06 October 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stephen Di Benedetto (University of Miami, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.470kg
ISBN:  

9780415506991


ISBN 10:   0415506999
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   06 October 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Preface: Why Contemporary Performance Can Provoke the Senses Acknowledgments 1: Our Sensing Bodies: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Live Theatrical Experience 2: Scintillating Visions and Visual Perception: How Light, Movement and Stage Space Capture Our Attention and Stimulate Our Brains 3: Attendant to Touch: Cutaneous Stimulation and its Expressive Capabilities 4: Noses, Tongues and Other Surprising Possibilities: Harnessing Olfaction and Gustation in Performance 5: Aural Landscapes: Voices, Noises, Vibrations and Other Quivering Stimulators of Cochlear Perception 6: The Sentient Body: Guiding Somatic Responses Within Performative Structures Notes Bibliography Index

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"""A thought-provoking exploration... reminds us forcibly that, at a fundamental, biological level, we are sensing animals before we are rational beings. ...the science is fascinating, and the questions are good ones."" --Neal Swettenham, Loughborough University, Modern Drama, 54:2 ""An important and timely contribution to the emerging field of cognitive studies and performance."" --Theatre Research International, 36.2 ""A thought-provoking exploration... reminds us forcibly that, at a fundamental, biological level, we are sensing animals before we are rational beings. ...the science is fascinating, and the questions are good ones."" --Neal Swettenham, Loughborough University, Modern Drama, 54:2 ""An important and timely contribution to the emerging field of cognitive studies and performance."" --Theatre Research International, 36.2"


A thought-provoking exploration... reminds us forcibly that, at a fundamental, biological level, we are sensing animals before we are rational beings. ...the science is fascinating, and the questions are good ones. --Neal Swettenham, Loughborough University, Modern Drama, 54:2 An important and timely contribution to the emerging field of cognitive studies and performance. --Theatre Research International, 36.2 A thought-provoking exploration... reminds us forcibly that, at a fundamental, biological level, we are sensing animals before we are rational beings. ...the science is fascinating, and the questions are good ones. --Neal Swettenham, Loughborough University, Modern Drama, 54:2 An important and timely contribution to the emerging field of cognitive studies and performance. --Theatre Research International, 36.2


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Stephen Di Benedetto is an Assistant Professor of Theatre History and Theory at the University of Miami, and is the Book Review Editor (North America) for Theatre Research International.

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