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Title

Masks, Transformation, and Paradox

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0520045335

ISBN 13

9780520045330

Binding

paperback

Condition

Fair

Weight

18 ounces

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Social Science

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Synopsis

Masks are found world-wide in connection with seasonal festivals, rites of passage, and curative ceremonies. They provide a means of investigating the paradoxical problems that appearances pose in the experience of transitional states. In this far-reaching work, A. David Napier studies mask iconography and the role played by masks in the realization of change. The masks of preclassical Greece�in particular those of the Satyr and the Gorgon�provide his starting point. A comparison of Greek to Eastern and especially Indian models follows, and the book concludes with an examination of the interpretation of Hindu ideas in Bali that demonstrates the importance of ambivalence in mask iconography.

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