Author Description

The Field Of Literary Studies Has Long Recognised The Centrality Of Psychoanalysis As A Method For Looking At Texts In A New Way. But Rarely Has The Relationship Between Psychoanalysis And Performance Been Mapped Out, Either In Terms Of Analysing The Nature Of Performance Itself, Or In Terms Of Making Sense Of Specific Performance-related Activities. In This Volume Some Of The Most Distinguished Thinkers In The Field Make This Exciting New Connection And Offer Original Perspectives On A Wide Variety Of Topics, Including: · Hypnotism And Hysteria · Ventriloquism And The Body · Dance And Sublim Book Cover; Title; Contents; List Of Illustrations; List Of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface: The Returns Of Psychoanalysis, And Performance; Introduction; Thinking Through Theatre; Rehearsing The Impossible: The Insane Root; As If: Blocking The Cartesian Stage; Scanning Sublimation: The Digital Ples Of Performance And Psychoanalysis; Now And Then: Psychotherapy And The Rehearsal Process; Parallel Performances; Violence, Ventriloquism And The Vocalic Body; Hello Dolly Well Hello Dolly: The Double And Its Theatre Writing Home: Post-modern Melancholia And The Uncanny Space Of Living-room Theatrethe Writer's Block: Performance, Play And The Responsibilities Of Analysis; The Placebo Of Performance: Psychoanalysis In Its Place; History, Memory, Trauma; Freud, Futurism, And Polly Dick; (laughter); Speak Whiteness: Staging 'race', Performing Responsibility; The Upsilon Project: A Post-tragic Testimonial; Staging Social Memory: Yuyachkani; Index Edited By Patrick Campbell And Adrian Kear. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English