Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Many Faces of Masks and Masking: Discussion 12
6. North America
7. Labrador Nalujuk: The Transformation of an Aboriginal Ritual Complex in a Post-Contact Setting 21
8. Naskapi Trance: Counterbalance to the Mask 30
9. Seneca Masks 39
10. Cherokee Booger Mask Tradition 48
11. Analogic Causality and the Power of Masks 70
12. Middle America
13. The Mask and Magic of the Yaqui Paskola Clowns 81
14. Mask Use and Meaning in Easter Ceremonialism: The Mayo Parisero 93
15. Symbolic Representation in Mexican Combat Plays 102
16. The Meaning of Masking in San Pedro Chenalho¹ 111
17. Tarascan Masks of Women as Agents of Social Control 116
18. South America
19. The Devil Mask: A Contemporary Variant of Andean Iconography in Oruro 131
20. Masks in the Incaic Solstice and Equinoctial Rituals 149
21. Being an Essence: Totemic Representation among the Eastern Bororo 157
22. Masks and Masquerades in Venezuela 177
23. Synthesis
24. The Mask and the Violation of Taboo 195
25. Masks: A Re-Examination, or 'Masks? You mean they affect the brain?" 204
26. The Mask of Tradition 219
27. References 227