BookFronter
Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain by M. Pizzato

Ghosts of Theatre and Cinema in the Brain

M. Pizzato, Mark Pizzato

Palgrave Macmillan · Hardcover · May 24, 2006

Pizzato focuses on the staging of Self and Other as phantom characters inside the brain (in the 'mind's eye', as Hamlet says).

NeuroscienceAestheticsFilm History
Buy on Amazon

We earn from qualifying purchases.

Genres
Aesthetics, Neuroscience, Film History
Published
Palgrave Macmillan, May 24, 2006

Nearest books

Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.

  1. Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other PlaysLuigi Pirandello45% match
  2. The Open DoorPeter Brook45% match
  3. The Common Mind: an Essay on Psychology, Society, and Politics With a New PostscriptPhilip Pettit43% match
  4. Always More Than OneErin Manning43% matchShares Aesthetics
  5. Pirandello and FilmNina da Vinci Nichols, Jana O'Keefe Bazzoni42% matchShares Film History
  6. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatOliver Sacks42% match
  7. No Self, No ProblemChris Niebauer Ph.D., Chris Niebauer42% matchShares Neuroscience
  8. Kaspar and Other PlaysPeter Handke42% match

For younger readers: Phineas Gage

Start with three books, and this one can be the first.

Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.

Start with this book

About this book

Pizzato focuses on the staging of Self and Other as phantom characters inside the brain (in the 'mind's eye', as Hamlet says). He explores the brain's anatomical evolution from animal drives to human consciousness to divine aspirations, through distinctive cultural expressions in stage and screen technologies.

Where it sits

Neuroscience37%
Aesthetics36%
Film History28%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Film & Cinema
Authors
M. Pizzato, Mark Pizzato
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
May 24, 2006
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
Film & Cinema