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100	1		_aNair, Sreenath.
245	1	0	_aRestoration of breath : _bconsciousness and performance / _cSreenath Nair.
264		1	_aAmsterdam ; _aNew York, NY : _bRodopi, _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource (vi, 198 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aConsciousness, literature & the arts ; _v9
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Location of Breath -- In Search of Breath -- Breath: Training and Performance -- Breath and Consciousness -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aBreath is the flow of air between life and death. Breathing is an involuntary action that functions as the basis of all human activities, intellectual, artistic, emotional and physical. Breathing is the first autonomous individual action that brings life into being and the end of breathing is the definitive sign of disappearance. Starting from the question how breathing affects the body, levels of consciousness, perception and meaning, this book, for the first time, investigates through a variety of philosophical, critical and practical models, directly and indirectly related to breath, aiming to establish breath as a category in the production and reception of meaning within the context of theatre. It also explores the epistemological, psycho-physical and consciousness-related implications of breath. Aristotle dedicated a volume to breath exploring and enquiring in to its presocratic roots. For Heidegger, breath is “the temporal extension” of Being . Artaud’s theatricality is not representational but rather rooted in the actor’s breathing. Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray investigate the phenomenon of breath in order to explain the nature of human consciousness. Breath as a philosophical concept and as a system of practice is central to Indian thoughts, performance, medicine, martial arts and spirituality. As the book argues, individual consciousness is a temporal experience and breath is the material presence of time in the body. Cessation of breath, on the contrary, creates pause in this flow of the endless identification of signifiers. When breath stops time stops. When time stops there is a ‘gap’ in the chain of the presence of signifiers and this ‘gap’ is a different perceptual modality, which is neutral in Zero velocity. Restoration of Breath is a practical approach to this psychophysical experience of consciousness in which time exists only in eternity and void beyond memory and meaning.
650		0	_aActing _xTechnique.
650		7	_aActing _xTechnique. _2fast
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aNair, Sreenath. _tRestoration of breath. _dAmsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007 _z9789042023062
830		0	_aConsciousness, Literature and the Arts _v9.
830		0	_aLiterature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004357969.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789401205177
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