Arts Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Psychology of Music

   From Sound to Significance

   By Siu-Lan Tan, Peter Pfordresher, Rom Harré

   Why are some disturbances of air molecules heard as 'noise' while others are perceived as music? What happens at the level of the sound wave, the ear, and the brain when we perform or listen to music? How do musical abilities emerge and develop, and become refined as one acquires musical expertise?...

   Published January 14th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. A Portfolio Of Paintings And Drawings

   By Robert Palevitz

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Path Of The Actor

   By Michael Chekhov

   Edited by Andrei A. Kirillov, Bella Merlin

   This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov’s two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive extracts from his later volume Life and Encounters. Full of illuminating anecdotes and insightful observations involving prominent characters from the MAT and...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Anton Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre

   Illustrations of the Original Productions

   Edited by and translated by Vera Gottlieb

   The Moscow Art Theatre is still recognized as having more impact on modern theatre than any company in the world. This lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced facsimile edition of a Russian journal from 1914 documents, photographically, the premieres of all of Anton Chekhov's plays produced...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Language in Public Spaces in Japan

   Edited by Nanette Gottlieb

   This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investigation of language in private contexts and examining aspects of the language found in a range of significant public spaces, from the...

   Published November 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Global Ibsen

   Performing Multiple Modernities

   Edited by Erika Fischer-Lichte, Barbara Gronau, Christel Weiler

   Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

   Ibsen’s plays rank among those most frequently performed world-wide, rivaled only by Brecht, Chekhov, Shakespeare, and the Greek tragedies. By the time Ibsen died in 1906, his plays had already conquered the theaters of the Western world. Inviting rapturous praise as well as fierce controversy,...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama

   Community, Kinship, and Citizenship

   By Kanika Batra

   Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies

   In this timely study, Batra examines contemporary drama from India, Jamaica, and Nigeria in conjunction with feminist and incipient queer movements in these countries. Postcolonial drama, Batra contends, furthers the struggle for gender justice in both these movements by...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
8. Inside the Royal Shakespeare Company

   Creativity and the Institution

   By Colin Chambers

   This is the inside story of the Royal Shakespeare Company - a running historical critique of a major national institution and its location within British culture, as related by a writer who is uniquely placed to tell the tale. It describes what happened to a radical theatrical vision and explores...

   Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge
9. The World of Physical Culture in Sport and Exercise

   Visual Methods for Qualitative Research

   Edited by Cassandra Phoenix, Brett Smith

   Within qualitative research in the social sciences, the last decade has witnessed a growing interest in the use of visual methods. Visual Methods in Physical Culture is the first book in the field of sport and exercise sciences dedicated to harnessing the potential of using visual methods within...

   Published October 27th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Neurocognition of Dance

    Mind, Movement and Motor Skills

    Edited by Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke, Thomas Schack

    Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences. This book discusses the wide range of interrelations between body...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press