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Performing psychologies : imagination, creativity and dramas of the mind / edited by Nicola Shaughnessy and Philip Barnard
Inclusive Pages
133-144
Creation Date
2019
Publisher
Methuen Drama
City
London
Document Type
Book Chapter
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Book abstract: Performing Psychologies offers new perspectives on arts and health, focussing on the different ways in which performance interacting with psychology can enhance understanding of the mind. The book challenges stereotypes of disability, madness and creativity, addressing a range of conditions (autism, dementia and schizophrenia) and performance practices including staged productions and applied work in custodial, health and community settings. Featuring case studies ranging from Hamlet to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the pioneering work of companies such as Spare Tyre and Ridiculusmus, and embracing dance and music as well as theatre and drama, the volume offers new perspectives on the dynamic interactions between performance, psychology and states of mind. I... Source: Publisher
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Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.