Sarah Kane's Theatre of Psychic Life

Name: Sarah Kane's Theatre of Psychic Life
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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The first book to focus exclusively on playwright Sarah Kane's approach to mind and mental health; it brings together archival material, healthcare contexts and contemporary performances. As such, it offers an important re-evaluation of Kane's oeuvre, revealing the relationship between theatre and mind, which lies at the heart of her theatrical project.
Drawing on performance theory, psychoanalysis and neuroscience, this book argues that Kane's innovations generated a 'dramaturgy of psychic life', which re-shape the encounter between stage and audience. It uses previously unseen archival material and contemporary productions to uncover the mechanics of this innovative theatre practice.
Through a radically open-ended approach to dramaturgy, Kane's works offer urgent insights into mental suffering that take us beyond traditional discourses of empathy and 'mental health' and into a profound rethinking of theatre as a mode of thought.
It makes a case for the relevance of Kane's work to understandings of contemporary diagnostic categories and places it in urgent debates about mental health in the medical humanities.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 230
Release Date:: 2024-10-31
Publication Date:: 2024-10-31
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1350283169
ISBN13:: 9781350283169
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 296 g
Height:: 140 cm
Width:: 216 cm
Thickness:: 13 cm

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