The provocation of the senses in contemporary theatre /

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Author / Creator:Di Benedetto, Steve.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2010.
Description:xii, 238 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 13
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 13.
Subject:Performing arts.
Senses and sensation.
Human information processing.
Performing arts -- Philosophy.
Human information processing.
Performing arts.
Performing arts -- Philosophy.
Senses and sensation.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8063167
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ISBN:9780415872676
0415872677
9780203852095 (ebk.)
0203852095 (ebk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 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