The power of symbols [[electronic resource] ] : masks and masquerade in the Americas / / edited by N. Ross Crumrine & Marjorie Halpin

• Pubblicazione: Vancouver, : University of British Columbia Press, c1983
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Disciplina: 391/.43
• Soggetto topico: Indian masks; Indians - Rites and ceremonies; Masks - America
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CrumrineN. Ross HalpinMarjorie M. <1937->
• Note generali: This vol. represents the rewritten and amplified contributions of the participants in this symposium, "Masks and Masquerade in the Americas."--Introd.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliograpy: p. [227]-244.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: NORTH AMERICA; PART II: MIDDLE AMERICA; PART III: SOUTH AMERICA; PART IV: CONCLUSION AND SYNTHESIS; REFERENCES; Masks, Participants, and Audience; The Many Faces of Masks and Masking: Discussion; 1. Labrador Nalujuk: The Transformation of an Aboriginal Inuit Ritual Complex in a Post-Contact Setting; 2. Naskapi Trance: Counterbalance to the Mask; 3. Seneca Masks; 4. Cherokee Booger Mask Tradition; 5. Analogic Causality and the Power of Masks; 6. The Mask and Magic of the Yaqui Paskola Clowns ; 7. Mask Use and Meaning in Easter Ceremonialism: The Mayo Parisero8. Symbolic Representation in Mexican Combat Plays; 9. The Meaning of Masking in San Pedro Chenalho; 10. Tarascan Masks of Women as Agents of Social Control; 11. The Devil Mask: A Contemporary Variant of Andean Iconography in Oruro; 12. Masks in the Incaic Solstice and Equinoctial Rituals; 13. Being an Essence: Totemic Representation among the Eastern Bororo; 14. Masks and Masquerades in Venezuela; 15. The Mask and the Violation of Taboo; 16. Masks: A Re-examination, or ""Masks? You mean they affect the brain?"" ; 17. The Mask of Tradition
• Titolo autorizzato: The power of symbols
• ISBN: 1-283-22663-4; 9786613226631; 0-7748-5769-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455809103321
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