Masks, transformation, and paradox / A. David Napier.

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Napier, A. David, author.

Title & Author:

Masks, transformation, and paradox / A. David Napier.

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Description:

xxvi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index.
Masks, transformation, and paradox -- Masks and the beginning of Greek drama -- Satyr, Centaur, Theriomorphic healer -- Perseus and the Gorgon head -- The Thirrd eye -- Balinese faces and Indian prototypes.

Summary:

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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ISBN:

0520045327
9780520045323
0520045335 (pbk.)
9780520045330 (pbk.)

Subject:

Masks.
Mythology Comparative studies.
Hindu mythology.
Mythology, Greek.
Paradox.
Masques.
Mythologie Études comparatives.
Mythologie hindoue.
Mythologie grecque.
Paradoxe.
masks (costume)
Mythology
Kultmaske
Kulturanthropologie
Kunst
Maske
Mythologie
Paradoxon
Maskers.
Griekse oudheid.
Hindoeïsme.
Mythologie Comparatisme.
Griechenland
Masks, to 1973

Form/genre:

Comparative studies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 92134
Call No.: ID:86-B18210
Status: Available

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