Ritual Masks
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Ritual Masks
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Author : Henry Pernet
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2006-03-01
Ritual Masks written by Henry Pernet and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Ritual masking is an important institution in many traditional societies and has attracted much attention from Western scholars. In 'Ritual Masks', Pernet provides a thorough survey of masks and masking traditions in Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, based on a close analysis of the literature in several languages. Pernet's approach provides him with an opportunity to examine issues of importance to the history of religion and anthropology. These include the influence of theory on the interpretation of prehistoric documents; androcentrism in anthropology and the history of religions; and Western scholarship's recurrent problems in interpreting preliterate or traditional societies.
Masked Performance
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Author : John Emigh
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 1996
Masked Performance written by John Emigh and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Growing out of a series of articles written over a 15 year period, and illustrated with over 100 photos, this volume offers a narrowed focus examination of various performing traditions that rely on the expressive power and imagination of masks. It explores the redefinition of self into "other," when the mask is worn, and examines actors and their performances in Papua New Guinea, Orissa, India, and Bali.
Art Of Chinese Ritual Masks
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Author : Ruolin Xue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Art Of Chinese Ritual Masks written by Ruolin Xue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
The Spiritual Power Of Masks
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Author : Nigel Pennick
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-04-19
The Spiritual Power Of Masks written by Nigel Pennick and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-19 with Social Science categories.
• Reveals how mask rituals are akin to shamanic journeying and allow the mask wearer to personify an ancestral presence, spirit, deity, or power • Examines animal guising and shows how mask customs are tied to creation myths and the ancestral founders of a people, tribe, city, or nation • Looks at morris dancers and mummers in the UK, Krampuslauf and Perchtenlauf in Germanic areas, the Gorgon myths of Greece, Norse Berserker rituals, and the annual Black Forest rite to awaken ensouled masks every spring There is a spiritual power in masks that transports one into realms unseen and gives voice to things unspoken. Within the context of ritual, putting on a mask places the wearer at the intersection between the present and the past, the living and the dead, this world and the Otherworld. Masks make it possible to activate ancient archetypes, with the mask wearer reanimating or personifying an ancestral presence or spirit, a deity or power, an animal or a being of the eldritch world. In this illustrated study, Nigel Pennick explores the magical and spiritual aspects of mask wearing from ancient times to the present. He examines the many mask traditions around Europe and shows how mask rituals are similar to shamanic journeying and near-death experiences and can induce ecstatic states that allow the power signified by the mask to take possession of the individual wearing it. He also looks at the practice of dressing up as sacred animals and mask wearing as it relates to ostenta, events that occur suddenly and without warning that are considered a token or sign from the Otherworld. Unveiling the sacred power of masks, the author shows how masks allow us to transport into realms unseen, embody ancestors and otherworldly entities, and connect with traditions that stretch back to time immemorial.
The Art Of Chinese Ritual Masks
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Author : Ruolin Xue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Art Of Chinese Ritual Masks written by Ruolin Xue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Masks categories.
Igbo Masks
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Author : Ossie Onuora Enekwe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Igbo Masks written by Ossie Onuora Enekwe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Art, Igbo categories.
Karavar
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Author : Frederick Karl Errington
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-15
Karavar written by Frederick Karl Errington and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-15 with Social Science categories.
This interpretation of the cultural and social life of the inhabitants of a small island in the territory of Papua and New Guinea offers important new perspectives for the study of other societies. Focusing on Karavaran society's preoccupation with achieving stability, Mr. Errington first describes the principal relationships among men and between men and women. He then turns to ritual activities, where the Karavarans find answers to the fundamental questions about power and social order that arise in their nonritual life. With particular stress on the masked figures of the mortuary ceremony, he analyzes the meaning of the symbols and their effectiveness in a ritual context.
Inscribing The Mask
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Author : Laurel Birch de Aguilar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Inscribing The Mask written by Laurel Birch de Aguilar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Anthropology categories.
Phyllis Galembo
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Author : Phyllis Galembo
language : en
Publisher: Radius Books/D.A.P.
Release Date : 2019-04-25
Phyllis Galembo written by Phyllis Galembo and has been published by Radius Books/D.A.P. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-25 with Photography categories.
A showcase of Phyllis Galembo's extraordinary photographs of the costume, ritual and traditions of masquerade Mexico Phyllis Galembo has travelled all over the globe to sites of ritual masquerade. In Africa, the Caribbean, and now Mexico, she captures cultural performances with a subterranean political edge. Using a direct, unaffected portrait style, Galembo captures her subjects informally posed but often strikingly attired in traditional or ritualistic dress. Attuned to a moment's collision of past, present and future, Galembo finds the timeless elegance and dignity of her subjects. Masking is a complex, mysterious, and profound tradition in which the participants transcend the physical world and enter the spiritual realm. In her vibrant images, Galembo exposes an ornate code of political, artistic, theatrical, social and religious symbolism and commentary. Galembo highlights the creativity of the individuals morphing into a fantastical representation of themselves, having cobbled together materials gathered from the immediate environment to idealize their vision of mythical figures. While still pronounced in their personal identity, the subject's intentions are rooted in the larger dynamics of religious, political and cultural affiliation. Establishing these connections is a hallmark of Galembo's work.
The Victim And Its Masks
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Author : Abdellah Hammoudi
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1993-11
The Victim And Its Masks written by Abdellah Hammoudi and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-11 with Religion categories.
Each year, in a solemn Sunni Muslim feast, the Ait Mizane of southern Morocco reenact the story of Abraham as a ritual sacrifice, a symbolic observance of their submission to the divine. After this sober ceremony comes a bacchanalian masquerade which seems to violate every principle the sacrifice affirmed. Because of the apparent contradiction between sacrifice and masquerade, observers have described the two as entirely separate events. This book reunites them as a single ritual process within Islamic tradition.