{"product_id":"9781606069936","title":"African Masks and Emotions : In Theory and in Practice by Z.S. Strother","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369043505525,"sku":"9781606069936","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781606069936.jpg?v=1763551850","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781606069936","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}