Performing Nerves - Four Plays, Four Essays, on Hysteria

Informationen zum Autor Anna Furse is Professor of Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London, where she is Co-Director of the Centre of the Body and Director of the MA in Performance Making. A veteran award-winning theatre artist, she writes and produces her own works internationally, through commissions and co-productions. She is a published author of plays and theoretical writing; a frequent speaker at international conferences; and Artistic Director of her own production company, Athletes of the Heart: www.athletesoftheheart.org. Klappentext In Performing Nerves , Anna Furse interweaves her artistic and academic practice, drawing on her own performance texts to explore four different versions of debilitating hysteric suffering. Zusammenfassung In Performing Nerves, Anna Furse interweaves her artistic and academic practice, drawing on her own performance texts to explore four different versions of debilitating hysteric suffering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents List of Figures Foreword by Elaine Showalter Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Making a Drama Out of a Crisis: Augustine (Big Hysteria) Chapter 2 What She Wants: Sea/Woman Chapter 3 The Duty to Run Mad: SHOCKS Chapter 4 Shapeshifting: Gorgeous Conclusion Index

Product details

• Authors: Anna Furse, Furse Anna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781138389366
• ISBN: 978-1-138-38936-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; DRAMA / General, DRAMA / Women Authors, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, DRAMA / Asian / General, Trauma & shock, Psychotherapy, Theatre Studies, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Trauma and shock, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights