ISBN:
9780774801669
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (283 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Power of Symbols : Masks and Masquerade in the Americas
DDC:
391.43
Keywords:
Indian masks ; Congresses
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Indians ; Rites and ceremonies ; Congresses
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Masks ; America ; Congresses
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Masks, Participants, and Audience -- The Many Faces of Masks and Masking: Discussion -- PART I: NORTH AMERICA -- 1. Labrador Nalujuk: The Transformation of an Aboriginal Inuit Ritual Complex in a Post-Contact Setting -- 2. Naskapi Trance: Counterbalance to the Mask -- 3. Seneca Masks -- 4. Cherokee Booger Mask Tradition -- 5. Analogic Causality and the Power of Masks -- PART II: MIDDLE AMERICA -- 6. The Mask and Magic of the Yaqui Paskola Clowns -- 7. Mask Use and Meaning in Easter Ceremonialism: The Mayo Parisero -- 8. Symbolic Representation in Mexican Combat Plays -- 9. The Meaning of Masking in San Pedro Chenalho -- 10. Tarascan Masks of Women as Agents of Social Control -- PART III: SOUTH AMERICA -- 11. The Devil Mask: A Contemporary Variant of Andean Iconography in Oruro -- 12. Masks in the Incaic Solstice and Equinoctial Rituals -- 13. Being an Essence: Totemic Representation among the Eastern Bororo -- 14. Masks and Masquerades in Venezuela -- PART IV: CONCLUSION AND SYNTHESIS -- 15. The Mask and the Violation of Taboo -- 16. Masks: A Re-examination, or "Masks? You mean they affect the brain? -- 17. The Mask of Tradition -- REFERENCES.
Description / Table of Contents:
""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Masks, Participants, and Audience""; ""The Many Faces of Masks and Masking: Discussion""; ""PART I: NORTH AMERICA""; ""1. Labrador Nalujuk: The Transformation of an Aboriginal Inuit Ritual Complex in a Post-Contact Setting""; ""2. Naskapi Trance: Counterbalance to the Mask""; ""3. Seneca Masks""; ""4. Cherokee Booger Mask Tradition""; ""5. Analogic Causality and the Power of Masks""; ""PART II: MIDDLE AMERICA""; ""6. The Mask and Magic of the Yaqui Paskola Clowns""; ""7. Mask Use and Meaning in Easter Ceremonialism: The Mayo Parisero""
Description / Table of Contents:
""8. Symbolic Representation in Mexican Combat Plays""""9. The Meaning of Masking in San Pedro Chenalho""; ""10. Tarascan Masks of Women as Agents of Social Control""; ""PART III: SOUTH AMERICA""; ""11. The Devil Mask: A Contemporary Variant of Andean Iconography in Oruro""; ""12. Masks in the Incaic Solstice and Equinoctial Rituals""; ""13. Being an Essence: Totemic Representation among the Eastern Bororo""; ""14. Masks and Masquerades in Venezuela""; ""PART IV: CONCLUSION AND SYNTHESIS""; ""15. The Mask and the Violation of Taboo""
Description / Table of Contents:
""16. Masks: A Re-examination, or ""Masks? You mean they affect the brain?""""""17. The Mask of Tradition""; ""REFERENCES""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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