Acts - Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self

Why do people act? Why are other people drawn to watch them? How is acting as a performing art related to role-playing outside the theatre? As the first philosophical study devoted to acting, Acts: Theater, Philosophy, and the Performing Self sheds light on some of the more evasive aspects of the acting experience— such as the import of the actor's voice, the ethical unease sometimes felt while embodying particular sequences, and the meaning of inspiration.

About the author

Tzachi Zamir is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University.

Summary

The first philosophical study devoted solely to acting, offering a meditation on the spillover from acting to life

Product details

• Authors: Tzachi Zamir
• Publisher: University Of Michigan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2014
• EAN: 9780472072132
• ISBN: 978-0-472-07213-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Theater: Theory/Text/Performance; Theater: Theory/Text/Performan; Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet