Masked Performance: The Play of Self and Other in Ritual and Theatre - Hardcover

Emich, John

 
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Synopsis

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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Synopsis

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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ISBN 10:  081221336X ISBN 13:  9780812213362
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996
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