Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Mask Crescent: Distribution of Masks and Masking in Africa
- 1 Mask Distribution and Theory
- 2 What is a Mask?
- 3 Masks and Masculinity: Initiation
- 4 Secrecy and Power
- 5 Death and its Masks
- 6 Women: Pivot of the Masks
- 7 Masks and Politics
- 8 Masks and the Order of Things
- 9 Masks and Modernity
- 10 Memories of Power, Power of Memories
- 11 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Sources for Ethnographic Cases
- Picture Credits
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Mask Crescent: Distribution of Masks and Masking in Africa
- 1 Mask Distribution and Theory
- 2 What is a Mask?
- 3 Masks and Masculinity: Initiation
- 4 Secrecy and Power
- 5 Death and its Masks
- 6 Women: Pivot of the Masks
- 7 Masks and Politics
- 8 Masks and the Order of Things
- 9 Masks and Modernity
- 10 Memories of Power, Power of Memories
- 11 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Sources for Ethnographic Cases
- Picture Credits
- Index
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- Masquerades in African SocietyGender, Power and Identity, pp. vii - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2023