Does scholarly criticism make mention of this thing called acting?

I don't know much critical work on acting, except for the usual stuff written by actors or directors. Unfortunately, it seems that in this regard, the Method people often tend to overwhelm the book market. I'm not exactly a Method cheerleader myself, having been forced to sit through a whole semester's worth of an acting class with complete and utter bias towards thrusting Method upon beginners.

Here's the thing, though - it's much easier to write critically and analytically about acting from a theatrical perspective, because acting for films is like cooking for Thanksgiving for five minutes a day, starting in July.