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Kinesthetic Spectatorship in the TheatreEmpathy and Otherness

Kinesthetic Spectatorship in the Theatre: Empathy and Otherness [This chapter (“Empathy and Otherness”) examines the phenomenon of empathy from the point of view of sensorimotor and kinesthetic experience. It begins by considering the components of empathy and looking at cognitive and phenomenological definitions of empathy. Drawing on Emmanuel Levinas’s Infinity and Totality, it considers the place of alterity in empathic interactions and what it means for spectators and actors to navigate otherness and difference empathically. The chapter concludes by addressing the issue of actors performing characters from different identity communities, including the controversial practice of non-disabled actors taking on disabled roles. Scenes and performances analyzed in this chapter include Gloucester’s blinding in Shakespeare’s King Lear, director Sam Gold’s production of The Glass Menagerie, and Proteus Theatre’s Merrick, the Elephant Man.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Kinesthetic Spectatorship in the TheatreEmpathy and Otherness

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-91793-1
Pages
223 –265
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-91794-8_7
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter (“Empathy and Otherness”) examines the phenomenon of empathy from the point of view of sensorimotor and kinesthetic experience. It begins by considering the components of empathy and looking at cognitive and phenomenological definitions of empathy. Drawing on Emmanuel Levinas’s Infinity and Totality, it considers the place of alterity in empathic interactions and what it means for spectators and actors to navigate otherness and difference empathically. The chapter concludes by addressing the issue of actors performing characters from different identity communities, including the controversial practice of non-disabled actors taking on disabled roles. Scenes and performances analyzed in this chapter include Gloucester’s blinding in Shakespeare’s King Lear, director Sam Gold’s production of The Glass Menagerie, and Proteus Theatre’s Merrick, the Elephant Man.]

Published: Sep 22, 2018

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