A wide-ranging collection that allows the mask as artifact, metaphor, theatrical costume, fetish, strategy for self-concealment, and treasured cultural object to clarify modernity s relationship to history. Carrie J. Preston, author of Modernism s Mythic Pose: Gender, Genre, Solo Performance
Covering an impressive range of geographies, cultures, and time periods, these carefully researched essays explore the fascinating role of masks and masking in mediating the relationship between tradition and modernity in both art and literature. Paul Jay, author of The Humanities Crisis...