Masked Performance: The Play of Self and Other in Ritual and Theater

by John Emigh

While enriched by perspectives from such disparate disciplines as cultural history, literary theory, anthropology, psychology, ethnology, and neuroscience, John Emigh's writing is firmly based upon extensive field research and his own experience as a theater director, performer, and teacher of acting and theatrical theory.

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1996

Reviews

[Rebecca]

This is a fascinating and very well written book about masks, performance, trance and presence, and making the inanimate come to life.