Kinesthetic Spectatorship in the Theatre: Phenomenology, Cognition, Movement

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This book is about the centrality of movement, movement perception, and kinesthetic experience to theatrical spectatorship. Drawing upon phenomenological accounts of movement experience and the insights of cognitive science, neuroscience, acting theory, dance theory, philosophy of mind, and linguistics, it considers how we inhabit the movements of others and how these movements inhabit us. Individual chapters explore the dynamics of movement and animation, action and intentionality, kinesthetic resonance (or mirroring), language, speech, and empathy. In one of its most important contributions to the study of theatre, performance, and spectatorship, this book foregrounds otherness, divergence, and disability in its account of movement perception. The discussions of this and other issues are accompanied by detailed analysis of theatre, puppetry, and dance performances. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 1-35 Movement and Animation (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 37-74 Movement, Difference, and Ability (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 75-108 Movement, Attention, and Intentionality (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 109-144 Kinesthetic Resonance (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 145-183 Language, Speech, and Movement (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 185-222 Empathy and Otherness (Stanton B. Garner Jr.)....Pages 223-265 Back Matter ....Pages 267-277