African Masks and Emotions: In Theory and in Practice - Couverture souple

Strother, Z. S.

 
9781606069936: African Masks and Emotions: In Theory and in Practice
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1606069934 ISBN 13 : 9781606069936
Editeur : Getty Research Institute,U.S., 2026

Synopsis

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 centre of analysis.

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À propos de l'auteur

Z. S. Strother is the Riggio Professor of African Art at Columbia University.

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Éditeur
Getty Research Institute,U.S.
Date d'édition
2026
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1606069934
ISBN 13 
9781606069936
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
136
Coordonnées du fabricant
Getty Publications
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