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OverviewWhat do we mean when we talk about bodies in theatre? And how does theatre affect the way we think about the human body? Bodies are vital elements of theatre production and spectatorship. But the body is not just physical, it is also conceptual. Drawing on many examples from contemporary performance, Theatre & the Body is a provocative starting point for understanding the surprisingly complex relationship between theatre and the body. Concise and clear, this book explores the revealing tensions between the body, bodies, language, representation and movement in the theatre. Foreword by Marina Abramovic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Colette Conroy , Marina Abramovi?Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Methuen Drama Dimensions: Width: 11.10cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 17.80cm Weight: 0.111kg ISBN: 9780230205437ISBN 10: 0230205437 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 04 December 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Adult education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsForeword; Marina Abramovi? Bodies and Meaning Bodies and Minds Bodies and Culture Conclusion Further Reading.Reviews'...Palgrave Macmillan's excellent new outward-looking, eclectic Theatre& ... series.These short books, written by leading theatre academics, do much to reintroduce some of the brightest names in theatre academia to the general reader. Plus, the matrix of references to bigger books soon builds quite a comprehensive catch-up reading list for those of us who graduated more than a decade ago and are interested in where contemporary thinking is at...' - Guardian Theatre Blog, September 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/theatreblog/2009/sep/10/theatre-critics-academics-artists 'This book rightly complicates how we think of the body today.' - Marina AbramoviAa Author InformationCOLETTE CONROY is Lecturer in Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She is editor of Research in Drama Education's themed issue 'Disability: Creative Tensions in Applied Theatre' (14.1, 2009). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |