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While enriched by perspectives from such disparate disciplines as cultural history, literary theory, anthropology, psychology, ethnology, and neuroscience, John Emigh's writing is firmly based upon extensive field research and his own experience as a theater director, performer, and teacher of acting and theatrical theory.
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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
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By John Emigh
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Masked Performance: The Play of Self and Other in Ritual and Theatre
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Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1996
ISBN 10: 0812230582
ISBN 13: 9780812230581
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Hardcover
Seller: Birkitt's Books, SARASOTA, FL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. Missing dust jacket, green cloth boards have minor wear, binding sound, pages have highlighting. . Contents include: Playing and Masking: Observations on Masked Performance in Papua New Guinea and Beyond; Dealing with the Demonic: Strategies of Containment in Hindu Iconography and Performance; Playing with the Past: Visitation and Illusion in the Mask Theatre of Bali; Jelatik Goes to Blambangan: A Topeng Pajegan Performance; The Domains of Topeng; A Joker in the Deck: Hajari Bhand of Rajasthan; A Capacity for Wonder. Seller Inventory # 240807006