{"product_id":"masks-and-masking-faces-of-tradition-and-belief-worldwide-9780786445783","title":"Masks and Masking: Faces of Tradition and Belief Worldwide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gary Edson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For at least 20,000 years, masking has been a mark of cultural evolution and an indication of magical-religious sophistication in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the mask as a powerful cultural phenomenon--a means by which human groupings attempted to communicate their dignity and sense of purpose, as well as establish a continuum between the natural and supernatural worlds. It addresses the distinctive environments within which masks flourished, and analyzes the mask as a manifestation of art, ethnology and anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47609214664855,"sku":"9780786445783","price":2849.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786445783.webp?v=1775057030","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/masks-and-masking-faces-of-tradition-and-belief-worldwide-9780786445783","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}