Engaging Audiences

A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre

B. McConachie (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-60988-4 (ISBN)

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Engaging Audiences asks what cognitive science can teach scholars of theatre studies about spectator response in the theatre. Bruce McConachie introduces insights from neuroscience and evolutionary theory to examine the dynamics of conscious attention, empathy and memory in theatre goers.

BRUCE McOCNACHIE is Professor and Chair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Introduction General Cognition for Theatre Audiences Social Cognition in Spectating Cultural Cognition in History Epilogue: Writing Cognitive Audience Histories

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.12.2008
Reihe/Serie	Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance
Zusatzinfo	IX, 248 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
ISBN-10	0-230-60988-0 / 0230609880
ISBN-13	978-0-230-60988-4 / 9780230609884
Zustand	Neuware