Masks and Human Connections: Disruptive Meanings and Cultural Challenges (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031166723)

This interdisciplinary collection explores four distinct perspectives about the mask, as object of use for protection, identity, and disguise. In part I, contributors address human identities within collective social performance, with chapters on performativity and the far right and masked identities in political resistance and communication. Part II focuses on the mask as a signifying object with strong representational challenges, exploring representations in festivals, literature, and film. Part III investigates the ambiguous use of the mask as a protective and concealing element, delving into visual culture and digital social media contexts. Finally, Part VI draws on the work of Levinas and Deleuze to investigate a philosophical view of the mask that addresses memory and ethics within intersubjective relationships. Questioning the contemporary world, using communication, sociology, visual culture, and philosophical theory, the volume provides a pedagogical and formative perspective on the mask.


Author: Lu?a Magalh綟s
ISBN-10: 3031166728
ISBN-13: 9783031166723
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2023
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.88d