{"product_id":"theatre-performance-and-cognition-languages-bodies-and-ecologies-paperback","title":"Theatre, Performance and Cognition: Languages, Bodies and Ecologies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRhonda Blair\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAmy Cook\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNicola Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheatre, Performance and Cognition\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to the key debates, areas of research, and applications of the cognitive sciences to the humanities, and to theatre and performance in particular. It features the most exciting work being done at the intersection of theatre and cognitive science, containing both selected scientific studies that have been influential in the field, each introduced and contextualised by the editors, together with related scholarship from the field of theatre and performance that demonstrates some of the applications of the cognitive sciences to actor training, the rehearsal room and the realm of performance more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three sections consider the principal areas of research and application in this interdisciplinary field, starting with a focus on language and meaning-making in which Shakespeare's work and Tom Stoppard's \u003ci\u003eArcadia\u003c\/i\u003e are considered. In the second part which focuses on the body, chapters consider applications for actor and dance training, while the third part focuses on dynamic ecologies, of which the body is a part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda Blair\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, USA, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Actor, Image, and Action: Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and essays in \u003ci\u003eTheatre Topics, TDR, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eJournal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, and several edited volumes. She was president of the American Society for Theatre Research, 2009-2012. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Cook\u003c\/b\u003e, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and English at Stony Brook University, New York, USA, is the author of \u003ci\u003eShakespearean Neuroplay: Reinvigorating the Study of Dramatic Texts and Performance through Cognitive Science\u003c\/i\u003e, (2010) and essays in, among others, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTDR\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSubStance\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOxford Handbook of Dance and Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOxford Handbook of 4E Cognition\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming). She was the co-chair of the Working Group in Cognitive Science and Performance for American Society for Theatre Research from 2010-2014.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168746901639,"sku":"9781472591784","price":88.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/810adfe4a542acce1a8befa3ec639376.webp?v=1733337177","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/theatre-performance-and-cognition-languages-bodies-and-ecologies-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}