Fiction's Truth: The Consequence of Representing Human Suffering, Distress, and Violence in Performance

Synopsis

Fiction’s Truth explores professional actors’ lived experiences of representing human suffering, distress, and violence. The book analyses the struggles, issues, and transformations professional actors face when dealing with these portrayals of human life; the personal and interpersonal consequences – both taxing and rewarding – they experience while undertaking these representations; and the forms of attention and care they use to limit the costs and maximize the rewards of their work. The author also includes new key terminology, proposing the term dolesse to capture the experiences of representing human suffering, distress, and violence. Written for entertainment professionals, acting students, and scholars with an interest in acting, theatre, film, and television, Fiction’s Truth addresses the challenges of representing dolesse on stage and in front of the camera, acknowledges the importance of health and wellness in the entertainment industry, and helps remove the stigma that surrounds the consequences these representations often have for actors.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780429946547

Related ISBNs:

9780429487644, 9781138593442, 9781138593541, 9781138593442, 9781138593541

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/21/19

Copyrighted By:

Danielle I. Szlawieniec-Haw. The right of Danielle I. Szlawieniec-Haw to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Drama, Plays and Theater

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Bookshare Staff

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