{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-theatre-performance-john-lutterbie-9781474256810","title":"An Introduction to Theatre, Performance and the Cognitive Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first textbook designed for students, practitioners and scholars of the performing arts who are curious about the power of the cognitive sciences to throw light on the processes of performance. It equips readers with a clear understanding of how research in cognitive neuroscience has illuminated and expanded traditional approaches to thinking about topics such as the performer, the spectator, space and time, culture, and the text. Each chapter considers four layers of performance: conventional forms of theatre, performance art, and everyday life, offering an expansive vision of the impact of the cognitive sciences on performance in the widest sense. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in an approachable style, \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Theatre, Performance and the Cognitive Sciences \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together case studies of a wide range of performances with scientific evidence and post-structural theory. Artists such as Robert Wilson, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Ariane Mnouchkine, Bertolt Brecht, and Antonin Artaud are brought into conversation with theories of Gilles Deleuze, Shaun Gallagher, Alva No?, Tim Ingold and the science of V. S. Ramachandran, Vittorio Gallese, and Antonio Damasio. John Lutterbie offers a complex understanding of not only the act of performing but the forces that mark the place of theatre in contemporary society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn drawing on a variety of scientific articles, Lutterbie provides readers with an accessible account of significant research in areas in the field and reveals how the sciences can help us understand the experience of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lutterbie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474256813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474256810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"John Lutterbie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46217002352895,"sku":"9781474256810","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_daec4be9-5215-4483-98ab-676e50fa66a5.jpg?v=1728513989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-theatre-performance-john-lutterbie-9781474256810","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}