Method Acting and Its Discontents : On American Psycho-Drama
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0810131838
ISBN-13
9780810131835
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Imprint
Northwestern University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 9th, 2015
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
240 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.80 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Acting techniquesActing techniques
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In Method Acting and Its Discontents, Shonni Enelow provocatively argues that Method acting’s positing of a fundamentally porous self was a source of deep anxiety in a culture focused on containment, an anxiety that left lasting traces on American drama and performance. In case studies of plays by Tennessee Williams and James Baldwin and a film by William Greaves, Enelow places Method acting alongside developments in psychology and psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the politics of American identity during the civil rights movement, demonstrating that the subversive possibilities of the Method are inseparable from its failures. Enelow’s book, the first of its kind, is an exciting affirmation of how performance studies can yield insights into the larger culture.
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