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Strother, Z. S.

 
9781606069936: African Masks and Emotions: In Theory and in Practice (Getty Research Institute Council Lecture)
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ISBN 10: 1606069934 ISBN 13: 9781606069936
Editorial: Yale University Press, 2026

Sinopsis


  • Z. S. Strother is a leading scholar focused on African masquerade, making this book a must-read for anyone with interest in African art and African expressive culture.
  • With engaging text and brilliant analyses, Masks and Emotions spotlights a significantly understudied area: the role of emotion in African art.
  • This book is accessible and thought-provoking to both general and specialized audiences interested in masks and masquerading.
  • Strother grounds her work in her extensive fieldwork with the Pende, offering original and nuanced perspectives.

In Western European languages, the word mask exerts a powerful presence as a figure of speech. To masquerade is to pretend to be someone or something one is not. By extension, unmasking is a heroic metaphor for exposing a hidden truth. In this volume, art historian Z. S. Strother counters that narrative, using African case studies to offer an alternative vision of masquerading. She explores the aesthetic emotions aroused by masks, or more precisely, by “dances of masks”: joy, wonder, awe, fear, and the release of laughing out loud.

She also investigates the uncanny―a sensation of “delicious shiveriness” triggered when familiar spaces and individuals become strange and changeable. Inspired by Strother’s studies in DR Congo, African Masks and Emotions takes a comparative perspective and moves emotion from the
periphery to the center of analysis. Reflecting Getty's commitment to open content, African Masks and Emotions is
available for free download in ePub and PDF formats at: https://www.getty.edu/publications-reports/item/2F27A4. This paperback edition is available for sale for readers who wish to have a bound reference copy.

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Z. S. Strother is the Riggio Professor of African Art at Columbia University.

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Editorial
Yale University Press
Año de publicación
2026
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ISBN 10 
1606069934
ISBN 13 
9781606069936
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Número de páginas
136
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