The latter half of the nineteenth and the early part of the twentieth century witnessed a remarkable resurgence of interest in Kant's philosophy in Continental Europe, the effects of which are still being felt today.
Immersive Storytelling and Spectatorship in Theatre, Museums, and Video Games is the first volume to explore immersion as it is experienced in all three of these storytelling forms: the theatre, museums and historic sites, and video games.
Over the past decade, there has been a burgeoning interest in the realm of art activism within the Southwest Asia and North Africa region, shedding light on the political implications of aesthetic representation.
Bringing together the latest research and perspectives in the fields of analytic philosophy and theater studies, this collection of essays provides a reflection of how these two fields have emerged and intersected in the twenty-first century.
This fully updated and revised fourth edition of Theory/Theatre is a unique and highly engaging introduction to cultural theory as it relates to theatre and performance.
Surveying how Performance as a form has evolved as a distinct artistic sector to where it is today, Performance Making: a pedagogy for precarious times provides insight into the impact the artform has had across the creative sector and argues for its defence in higher education today.
Die erste umfassende Untersuchung barocker Perlfiguren – außergewöhnliche, fantasievolle Werke der Goldschmiedekunst, in die große, unregelmäßig verwachsene Perlen eingearbeitet wurden.
Originally published in 1984, this book recreates the unique atmosphere of the Restoration playhouses in order to demonstrate how theatrical conditions spurred authors into creating new forms of tragedy, comedy and opera, the techniques of which anticipated the ideas of 'gestus' and 'alienation' first articulated by Bertold Brecht in the 20th century.
Sand and Foam by Gibran Khalil Gibran is a profound literary and philosophical work that offers the reader glimpses of Gibran's thoughts and life experiences, with smooth poetic language and lively phrases.
This book examines the reception of Graeco-Roman sculptures of Venus and their role in the construction of the body aesthetics of the fit American woman in the decades around the turn of the 20th century.
Originally published in 1969, this was the first book of its kind: an attempt to describe the different approaches that the actor needs to make to different media - theatre, film and television - and to show how the art of acting, which never stops evolving had entered into a new phase of growth in the sixties.
Over the past decade, there has been a burgeoning interest in the realm of art activism within the Southwest Asia and North Africa region, shedding light on the political implications of aesthetic representation.
From scrutinizing what exactly the Alexander Technique is to offering guidance on more advanced elements, such as core postural support and psycho-physical unity, this book offers a holistic insight to the Alexander Technique for practitioners and artists.
This is a concise survey of new play projects that bring together the worlds of science and performance, and the benefits that dramaturgical praxis can bring to both disciplines.
This book is the first comprehensive intellectual biography of Johannes Linschoten, whose work has been credited with helping to bring down the Utrecht School of phenomenological psychology.
This accessible introduction challenges fixed understandings of the geographical or conceptual "e;origins"e; of feminist performance, offering a fresh and open-ended guide to the moments and movements that have come to define this vital field.
This first volume of Husserlian Legacies: Themes for the 21st Century focuses on hitherto underexamined dimensions of Husserl's philosophical thinking and in particular, values and love.
This first volume of Husserlian Legacies: Themes for the 21st Century focuses on hitherto underexamined dimensions of Husserl's philosophical thinking and in particular, values and love.
Performing Climates features 13 interconnected essays exploring theatre and performance's relationship with more-than-human elements at a time of climate emergency.