Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-219) and index.
Contents
Introduction : About face -- African masking / John Mack -- Masks in Oceania / Dorota Czarkowska Starzecka -- Fictions and parodies : masquerade in Mexico and highland South America / Anthony Shelton -- Masks from the northwest coast of America / J.C.H. King -- Japanese masks : ritual and drama / Gregory Irvine -- Face value : the mask in Greece and Rome / Ian Jenkins -- Masks in ancient Egypt : the image of divinity / John H. Taylor -- The other within : masks and masquerades in Europe / Cesare Poppi.