03441nam 22005412 4500 64ac7d98-d8bd-41e7-a661-bef4f090b439 m o d cr n 260417t20242024 ob 000 0 eng d 2024936120 9781685711429 (Paperback) 9781685711436 (PDF) 10.53288/0453.1.00 doi UkCbTOM eng local AFKC bicssc JFC bicssc PER011020 bisacsh ART060000 bisacsh AFKC thema JBCC3 thema QRRT thema Gellar-Goad, T.H.M., author. Wake Forest University. (orcid)000000018266465X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8266-465X Masks / T.H.M. Gellar-Goad. Earth, Milky Way : punctum books, 2024. ©2024 1 online resource (228 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through punctum books. Open Access Unrestricted online access star The mask is the classic disguise. But as alter ego, it reveals as much as it conceals. Why are masks so often creepy, even outside of horror movies? Can a mask change expression while you’re wearing it? How much of someone’s self can inhabit a mask? Why would anyone make a plaster cast of a dead person’s face? And, really, who was that masked man? Masks unmasks the answers to these frequently (m)asked questions and more.Masks are the materials for a world of make-believe, from the theater to Halloween, from masquerades to Scooby-Doo. Masks can take on magic or ritual powers. They can preserve and transmit memory. Masks are a makeover tool for appearance and identity, from spa treatments to drag to superheroes. What all these different functions have in common is the mask as physical metaphor, a mirror of the self and society. In another layer of metaphor, our words for ourselves as individuals (“person”) and for our self-presentation to society (“persona”) both derive directly from the Latin word for mask.Masks explores one of humanity’s oldest cultural objects, traveling from prehistoric remains to ancient Roman funeral processions to Mardi Gras to masked doppelgangers on stage and screen. Its examination of masks across time and the globe sheds new light on the totemic power masks have developed, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. masks cultural studies memory magic ritual COVID-19 identity metamorphosis persona punctum books, publisher. https://doi.org/10.53288/0453.1.00 Connect to e-book https://books.punctumbooks.com/10.53288/0453.1.00_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License