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A psychoanalytic perspective on unconscious mechanisms of identification in spectating and acting in the theatre.

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"Acting, Spectating and the Unconscious" was published by Taylor & Francis Group in 2016, the book is classified in Performing Arts genre, it has 144 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: ➤  Acting, Spectating and the Unconscious
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 144
  • Is Family Friendly: Yes - No Mature Content
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
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  • Genres: Performing Arts

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... . Description: New York : Routledge, 2017. | Series: Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies Identifiers: <b>LCCN 2016023532</b> | ISBN 9781138699243 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315517339 ( ebook ) Subjects : LCSH : Theater.

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From Aristotle’s theory of tragic katharsis onwards, theorists of the theatre have long engaged with the question of what spectatorship entails. This question has, directly or indirectly, often been extended to the investigation of acting. Acting, Spectating, and the Unconscious approaches the unconscious aspects of spectatorship and acting afresh. Interweaving psychoanalytic descriptions of processes such as transference, unconscious phantasy, and alpha-function with an in-depth survey of theories of spectating and acting from thinkers such as Brecht, Diderot, Rousseau and Plato, Maria Grazia Turri offers a significant insight into the emotions inherent in both the art of the actor, and the spectator’s experience. A compelling investigation of the unconscious communication between spectators and actors, this volume is a must-read for students and scholars fascinated by theatre spectatorship.

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