Inventing Masks by Z S Strother

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Inventing Masks by Z S Strother

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Zusammenfassung

Asking who invents masks, and why, the author spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture. She describes the intensive collaboration among African sculptors and dancers that is crucial to inventing masks. The book reveals the rich history and practice of Central Pende masquerade.

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Inventing Masks by Z S Strother

The author of this study, Z.S. Strother, spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture. Her research reveals the rich history and lively contemporary practice of Central Pende masquerade. She describes the intensive collaboration among sculptors and dancers that is crucial to inventing masks. Sculptors revealed that a central theme in their work is the representation of perceived differences between men and women. Far from being unchanging, Pende masquerades promote unceasing innovation within genres and invention of new genres. This book sets out to demonstrate, through first-hand accounts and many illustrations, how Central Pende masquerading is a contemporary art form fully responsive to 20th-century experience.

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SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780226777337
ISBN 10 0226777332
Titel Inventing Masks
Autor Z S Strother
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag The University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1999-07-15
Seitenanzahl 376
Hinweis auf dem Einband Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.