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Inventing Masks

Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende

Bibliographic Data

ID9024504
AuthorsMary Nooter Roberts, Z S Strother
Year1999
Volume32
Issue4
Pages11
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrican Arts (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9933 • E-ISSN: 1937-2108
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3337662
OpenAlexW2021994525
LanguageEN
Citations received13

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Note on Orthography Pt. 1: The Process of Invention 1: Dancing the Masks: Introduction to the World of Pende Masquerading 2: Who Invents Masks Anyway? 3: Costuming for Change 4: Birth of an Atelier, Birth of a Style 5: Pende Theories of Physiognomy and Gender 6: Learning to Read Faces, Learning to Read Masks Coda Pt. 2: The History of Invention 7: A Precolonial Pende Art History? 8: Masks in the Colonial Period Conclusion: The Role of the Audience in Invention and Reinvention Appendix: Further Notes on Certain Mask Genres Notes Bibliography Index

Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy) · Art · Art history · Social science · Sociology · Fashion and Cultural Textiles

  • Art by any other name

    Nomusa Makhubu•Critical African Studies•2017

  • Fieldwork and the Text Preceding the (Question) Mark

    Open Access•Ikem Stanley Okoye•Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics•2001

  • Von »schwarzen Frauen« und anderen Geheimnissen Masken und Erfahrung in der westafrikanischen Savanne

    Till Förster•Masken und Maskierungen•2000

  • Life Begins at Fifty

    Open Access•Joseph C Miller•African Studies Review•2007

  • Art and the individual in African masquerades Introduction

    Open Access•Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi•Africa•2018

  • Ambiguous agency

    Open Access•Daniel B Reed•Africa•2018

  • Controversy and human agency in 'portrait masks' from the studio of André Sanou

    Open Access•Lisa Homann•Africa•2018

  • Further Perspectives on Kifwebe Masquerades

    Dunja Hersak•African Arts•2020

  • Art with Fight in It

    Herbert F Weiss, Richard B Woodward et al.•African Arts•2016

  • Sustainable Futures

    Jordan A Fenton•African Arts•2017

  • Layers of Awareness Intermediality and Practices of Visual Arts in Northern Côte d'Ivoire

    Till Förster•African Arts•2005

  • Art of Central Africa at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

    Constantine Petridis, Kirstin Krause Gotway et al.•African Arts•2018

  • On the Concept of Prototype in Songye Masquerades

    Dunja Hersak•African Arts•2012

Unique citing works13
Citations per year0,5
Citation span2000 - 2020 (21)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11

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