{"product_id":"9781474260855","title":"Performing Psychologies : Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePerforming Psychologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“With each chapter presenting various case studies in relation to topics such as madness, autism, dementia, trauma, and psychotherapy, this collection excels at presenting a wide range of approaches to reading performance in relation to how the mind makes meaning out of lived experience, focusing on marginalized psychological states in relation to performance, therapy, and applied theatre.” - \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781474260855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40690209161422,"sku":"9781474260855","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781474260855","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}