{"product_id":"the-actor-image-and-action-rhonda-blair-9780415774178","title":"The Actor, Image, and Action: Acting and Cognitive Neuroscience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Actor, Image and Action \u003c\/em\u003eis a 'new generation' approach to the craft of acting; the first full-length study of actor training using the insights of cognitive neuroscience. In a brilliant reassessment of both the practice and theory of acting, Rhonda Blair examines the physiological relationship between bodily action and emotional experience. In doing so she provides the latest step in Stanislavsky's attempts to help the actor 'reach the unconscious by conscious means'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecent developments in scientific thinking about the connections between biology and cognition require new ways of understanding many elements of human activity, including: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eimagination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eemotion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ememory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ephysicality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereason.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Actor, Image and Action \u003c\/em\u003elooks at how these are in fact inseparable in the brain's structure and function, and their crucial importance to an actor's engagement with a role. The book vastly improves our understanding of the actor's process and is a must for any actor or student of acting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rhonda Blair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415774179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415774178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 256\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhonda Blair","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128464601343,"sku":"9780415774178","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbbaaabc-52ab-4fd2-8223-04935d3b859b.jpg?v=1687458809","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-actor-image-and-action-rhonda-blair-9780415774178","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}