Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places 0520298675, 9780520298675

Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places 9780520970717

Paintings, statues, and masks—like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums—give material form and presence to otherwise

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De-Commemoration: Removing Statues and Renaming Places 9781805391081

In the wake of recent protests against police violence and racism, calls to dismantle problematic memorials have reverbe

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Hitchcock's People, Places, and Things 2018056990, 9780810139954, 9780810139961, 9780810139978

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A Galaxy of Things: The Power of Puppets and Masks in Star Wars and Beyond 9780367684433, 9780367684419, 9781003137559

A Galaxy of Things explores the ways in which all puppets, masks, makeup-prosthetic figures are "material character

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Masks : their meaning and function

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Masks and Staffs: Identity Politics in the Cameroon Grassfields 9781782387299

The Cameroon Grassfields, home to three ethnic groups – Grassfields societies, Mbororo, and Hausa – provide a valuable c

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Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema 9781474410908

Explores the interaction between sculpture and cinema Screening Statues: Sculpture and Cinema is the first book to focu

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Karavar: Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual 9781501734274

This interpretation of the cultural and social life of the inhabitants of a small island in the territory of Papua and N

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People, Places, Things – Essays by Elizabeth Bowen 9780748635702

This volume collects for the first time essays published in British, Irish, and American periodicals during Bowen's

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Divine Interiors: Mural Paintings in Greek and Roman Sanctuaries 9789048513208

Mighty marble facades, sculptures, and wall paintings played an important role in the decoration of Greek and Roman temp

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