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Masks and Demons [Paperback]

Kenneth Macgowan (Author), Herman Rosse (Author)

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Publication Date: August 14, 2003

The mask is not to be carelessly assumed or lightly put off. Primitive man knows that there must be initiation & a certain ceremony. If he puts on a false face without the proper incantation, there will be no power in it. It is the purpose of the following pages to try to bridge by just a little the gap that lies between the primitive man who puts a sort of idol on his face, and the Greek tragedian; between the Duk-Duk dancer who regulates morals & acquires riches in New Guinea, and some artist of the theater who wishes to bring the mask back to the stage. Illustrated throughout.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (August 14, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0766178471
ISBN-13: 978-0766178472
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,682,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
THE first mask and the last-the mask of the aborigine and the mask at the debutante-is face paint. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
false face, religious drama, such masks

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, New Britain, Great Cannibal Spirit, New Ireland, Rain Makers, Pueblo Indians

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This book cites 10 books:

Among the Ibos of Nigeria (Travellers, Explorers & Pioneers) by G.T. Basden in Back Matter
No Plays of Japan (Tut Books) by Arthur Waley in Back Matter
Origin of Tragedy by William Ridgeway in Back Matter
The Medicine Men of the Apache (Rio Grande Classic) by John Gregory Bourke in Back Matter
Where Three Empires Meet by E. F. Knight in Back Matter

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The Provincetown Players and the Culture of Modernity (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama) by Brenda Murphy on page 220, and page 221

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