| Masks, Transformation, and Paradox Contributor(s): Napier, A. David (Author), Needham, Rodney (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0520045335 ISBN-13: 9780520045330 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $33.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1987 Annotation: 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 Greecein particular those of the Satyr and the Gorgonprovide 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 391.8 |
| LCCN: 83017980 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6" W x 9.04" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
