142 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is volume 1, part 4 of the Performing Arts International forum. This collection of essays covers a breadth of topics on the theme of consciousness; addressing the trend of studies trying to put human experience into more concrete, cogent, less poetic and metaphorical terms. Major issues raised by the essays are summarised, and a hypothesis serving as a stimulus for further research and debate is suggested by the volume's conclusion.
Introduction, Drugs, Perception and Altered States of Consciousness in the Arcades Project (Passagen-Werk) by Walter Benjamin, Constructions of Consciousness in Hamlet, Kissing Holes for the Bullets: Consciousness in Directing and Playing Barker's Uncle Vanya, Edges of Perception in Performance and Audience, Performing Theories of Consciousness, The Motion of Our Human Blood Almost Suspended: The Desirable Consciousness of the Actor, U-Man Zoo's Love, Life and Laundry - a Study of the Linguistics of Theatrical Play, Performance and Consciousness as Freedom, Consciousness and the Concept of Rasa, Consciousness and Contemporary Indian Theatre, Conclusion, Notes on Contributors, Index
Biography
Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
