{"product_id":"african-masks-and-emotions","title":"African Masks and Emotions","description":"In\n  Western European languages, the word mask exerts a powerful presence as a\n  figure of speech. To masquerade is to pretend to be someone or something one\n  is not. By extension, unmasking is\n  a heroic metaphor for exposing a hidden truth. In this volume, art historian\n  Z. S. Strother counters that narrative, using African case studies to offer\n  an alternative vision of masquerading. She explores the aesthetic emotions\n  aroused by masks, or more precisely, by \"dances of masks\": joy, wonder, awe,\n  fear, and the release of laughing out loud. She also investigates the\n  uncanny-a sensation of \"delicious shiveriness\" triggered when familiar spaces\n  and individuals become strange and changeable. Inspired by Strother's studies\n  in DR Congo, African Masks and Emotions takes a comparative perspective and moves emotion from the\n  periphery to the center of analysis.","brand":"Getty Trust Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55325731553624,"sku":"9781606069936","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781606069936.jpg?v=1778672753","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/african-masks-and-emotions","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}