"Mask will explore the long history of masking, asking who and what we seek to protect through different forms of masks"-- Provided by publisher.
"From the theater mask and masquerade to the masked criminal and the rise of facial recognition software, masks have long performed as an instrument for the protection and concealment of identity. Even as they conceal and protect, masks - as faces - are an extension of the self. At the same time, they are a part of material culture: what are masks made of? What traces do they leave behind? Acknowledging that that mask-wearing has become increasingly weaponized and politicized, Sharrona Pearl looks at the politics of the mask, exploring how identity itself is read on this object." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
My mask rules, often broken
Physiognomy
Feature/bug: multivalence
History: not of socks
Performing as protection
Freedom and constraint: whose trust matters
Medical masks and the COVID elephant
Violence and the masks of war
No way to hide
Villain/hero: Venahfochu
Superheroes, or: who watches the watchers
The eyes have it: face facemasks and looking like ourselves
Conclusion: exposure.
ISBN
9798765102404 (paperback)
LCCN
2023042530
OCLC
1406019496
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