The provocation of the senses in contemporary theatre /
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Author / Creator: | Di Benedetto, Steve. |
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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 |
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