Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance) - Hardcover

McConachie, B.

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9780230609884: Engaging Audiences: A Cognitive Approach to Spectating in the Theatre (Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0230609880 ISBN 13: 9780230609884
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230609880
ISBN 13 
9780230609884
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
257
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