"A wide-ranging collection that allows the mask—as artifact, metaphor, theatrical costume, fetish, strategy for self-concealment, and treasured cultural objec

This book is about the use of exoticism, particularly the use of masks and stylized movement, in opera and other musical theater genres of the twentieth century

Published to accompany an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 9 March-29 May 2017

A cultural history of the face in Western art, ranging from portraiture in painting and photography to film, theater, and mass media This fascinating book prese

Transnational in scope, this much-needed volume explores how modernist writers and artists address and critique the dramatic changes to food systems that took p