Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. List of Illustrations VIII
4. Acknowledgments XI
5. Introduction XIII
6. Prologue XIX
7. Part I. THE METAPHOR OF THE MASK IN PRE-COLUMBIAN MESOAMERICA
8. 1. The Mask as the God 3
9. 2. The Mask in Ritual 66
10. 3. Coda I: The Mask as Metaphor 97
11. Part II. METAPHORIC REFLECTIONS OF THE COSMIC ORDER
12. 4. The Shamanistic Inner Vision 117
13. 5. The Temporal Order 124
14. 6. The Spatial Order 137
15. 7. The Mathematical Order 145
16. 8. The Life-Force 151
17. 9. Transformation 157
18. 10. Coda II: The Mask as Metaphor 167
19. Part III. THE METAPHOR OF THE MASK AFTER THE CONQUEST
20. 11. Syncretism 171
21. 12. The Pre-Columbian Survivals 183
22. 13. The Syncretic Compromise 195
23. 14. Today's Masks 207
24. Notes 223
25. Bibliography 241
26. Index 261