Reconsidering Stanislavsky: Feeling, Feminism, and the Actor

Reconsidering Stanislavsky: Feeling, Feminism, and the Actor

Comments on the mistrustful attitude toward feeling and the biological body in feminist theories of performance. Proposes that recent developments in cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology can provide a way to reengage issues of feeling, consciousness and performance. Calls for feminists to reco...

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Published in:Theatre topics Vol. 12; no. 2; p. 177
Main Author: Blair, Rhonda
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Journals Publishing Division 01-09-2002
Subjects:
Cognitive Processes
Drama
Emotions
Feminist Criticism
Higher Education
Human Body
Method Acting
Movement Education
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Comments on the mistrustful attitude toward feeling and the biological body in feminist theories of performance. Proposes that recent developments in cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology can provide a way to reengage issues of feeling, consciousness and performance. Calls for feminists to reconsider not only Stanislavsky-based approaches to acting but also certain ideas of the body, narrative, and consciousness to the performers' process. (PM)
ISSN:1054-8378
DOI:10.1353/tt.2002.0008