Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica

by Roberta H. Markman and Peter T. Markman

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Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520064186

ISBN13:9780520064188

Release Date:January 1990

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:276 Pages

Weight:3.55 lbs.

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Ancient Arts, Music & Photography Classics Cultural Folklore Folklore & Mythology History Mythology & Folk Tales Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences

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