Verlag:
Getty Trust Publications Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: G7Z7LE7
EAN: 9781606069936
Auf Lager:
4
Zustellung: Di, 15.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 32.25
Beschreibung
In this groundbreaking book, Z. S. Strother, inspired by dialogues with African masquerade patrons and performers, disputes assumptions that masks universally hide, reveal, or transform. In Western European languages, the word mask. exerts a powerful presence as a figure of speech. To masquerade is to pretend to be someone or something one is not. By extension, unmasking. is a heroic metaphor for exposing a hidden truth. In this volume, art historian Z. S. Strother counters that narrative, using African case studies to offer an alternative vision of masquerading. She explores the aesthetic emotions aroused by masks, or more precisely, by "dances of masks" joy, wonder, awe, fear, and the release of laughing out loud. She also investigates the uncanny-a sensation of "delicious shiveriness" triggered when familiar spaces and individuals become strange and changeable. Inspired by Strother's studies in DR Congo, African Masks and Emotions. takes a comparative perspective and moves emotion from the periphery to the center of analysis. Reflecting Getty's commitment to open content, African Masks and Emotions. is available for free download in ePub and PDF formats at: https: //www. getty. edu/publications-reports/item/2F27A4. This paperback edition is available for sale for readers who wish to have a bound reference copy.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Z. S. Strother
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 136