Contents -- Acting Emotions - An American Context Preface by David Chambers -- 1 Acting emotions: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction: Does Dustin Really Cry? What About Meryl? -- 1.2 Editing Acting Emotions -- 1.3 What This Book is About: Acting and Emotions -- 1.4 What This Book is Not About: Limiting the Subject -- 1.5 Acknowledgments -- 2 The Paradox Considered -- 2.1 Introduction: From Paradox to the Actor's Dilemma -- 2.2 Diderot's Paradoxe -- 2.3 A Short History of Paradoxe sur le Comédien -- 2.4 Problematic Terms -- 2.5 The Actor's Dilemma -- 2.6 Levels of Enactment and Emotions -- 2.7 Summary -- 3 Acting Styles -- 3.1 Introduction: Different Views on Acting -- 3.2 The Style of Involvement -- 3.3 The Style of Detachment -- 3.4 The Style of Self-Expression -- 3.5 Solutions for the Dilemma -- 3.6 Acting Tasks -- 3.7 Emotions of the Actor-Craftsman -- 3.8 Actor and Audience -- 3.9 Summary -- 4 Emotions and Acting -- 4.1 Introduction: General Human Emotions -- 4.2 Sadness is Contained in the Situation -- 4.3 The Emotions of Characters -- 4.4 Task-Emotions and Task Concerns -- 4.5 Components in the Task Situation -- 4.6 A Precarious Balance -- 4.7 Impulses and Control Precedence -- 4.8 Expressions of Task-Emotions -- 4.9 Regulation by Design -- 4.10 Summary -- 5 Imagination and Impersonation -- 5.1 Introduction: Character Representation -- 5.2 Acting Character-Emotions -- 5.3 Involving Oneself in Characters-Emotions -- 5.4 Opposing Concerns, Components, and Impulses -- 5.5 Spontaneous and Imagined Emotions -- 5.6 Believability of Emotional Expressions -- 5.7 Imitation and Physiological Reactions -- 5.8 Double Consciousness During Acting -- 5.9 Summary -- 6 Actors in Practice -- 6.1 Introduction: From Theory to Practice -- 6.2 Overview of Field Studies with Actors -- 6.3 The Questionnaire Mixed Feelings -- 6.4 Hypotheses and General Expectations.

6.5 Research Method -- 6.6 From Theory to Questionnaire -- 6.7 Structure of the Questionnaire -- 6.8 Summary -- 7 Professional Actors, Emotions, and Performing Styles -- 7.1 Introduction: Assimilating the Answers -- 7.2 Characteristics of Responding Actors and Performances -- 7.3 Emotions Pretended on Stage -- 7.4 Emotions of Actors and Characters -- 7.5 Acting Styles and Emotions -- 7.6 Professional Actors and Task-Emotions -- 7.7 Emotions, Impulses, and Physical Reactions -- 7.8 Personal Acting Styles and Acting Styles of Top Actors -- 7.9 Preparation, Public, and Believability -- 7.10 Summary -- 8 Actors Have Emotions and Act Emotions -- 8.1 Introduction: Development of Theory on Acting Emotions -- 8.2 Evaluation of the Research Method -- 8.3 Actors Have Task-Emotions -- 8.4 Actors Act Character-Emotions -- 8.5 The Function of Task-Emotions -- 8.6 Aspects of Acting Styles -- 8.7 A Model of the Acting Process -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- Glossary -- List of Illustrations -- Index -- About the Author.