How Method Actors Create Character Roles

Sociological Forum

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-416

  Bandelj, Nina ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artistic creativity; Cultural objects creation; Method acting; Roles; Strategies of action

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346494322     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025765502226     Document Type: Article

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