{"product_id":"9781474260855","title":"Performing Psychologies Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePerformance and Science: Interdisciplinary Dialogues\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePerforming Psychologies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eImagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNicola Shaughnessy | Amy Cook | Philip Barnard | Nicola Shaughnessy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerforming Psychologies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing case studies ranging from \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. It contains contributions from psychologists, performance scholars, therapists and healthcare professionals, who offer multiple perspectives on working through performance-based media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresenting a richly interdisciplinary and collaborative investigation of the arts in practice, this volume opens up new ways of thinking about the performance of psychologies, and about how psychologies perform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Nicola Shaughnessy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Performance at the University of Kent, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Philip Barnard\u003c\/b\u003e worked for the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge from 1972 to 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e07 February 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474260855\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332539809932,"sku":"9781474260855","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_66374b1f-eac3-4db6-b923-a4d41049ee97.jpg?v=1783603977","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474260855","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}