{"product_id":"performing-psychologies-amy-cook-9781474260855","title":"Performing Psychologies: Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerforming Psychologies\u003c\/i\u003e offers new perspectives on arts and health, focussing on the different ways in which performance interacting with psychology can enhance understanding of the mind. The book challenges stereotypes of disability, madness and creativity, addressing a range of conditions (autism, dementia and schizophrenia) and performance practices including staged productions and applied work in custodial, health and community settings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing case studies ranging from \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the pioneering work of companies such as Spare Tyre and Ridiculusmus, and embracing dance and music as well as theatre and drama, the volume offers new perspectives on the dynamic interactions between performance, psychology and states of mind. It contains contributions from psychologists, performance scholars, therapists and healthcare professionals, who offer multiple perspectives on working through performance-based media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresenting a richly interdisciplinary and collaborative investigation of the arts in practice, this volume opens up new ways of thinking about the performance of psychologies, and about how psychologies perform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474260853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474260855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Amy Cook","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088345903359,"sku":"9781474260855","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c1a9072-1a32-46b5-8b1d-6932f4fd7a64.jpg?v=1769104345","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/performing-psychologies-amy-cook-9781474260855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}