Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks
In the text, the word «mask» is treated in a broad sense, like that in the Spanish Golden Age, i.e., not only as an object, but as a peculiar type of disguise, as appearance. The article makes a distinction between «carnival mask», expression of freedom and happiness, and "social mask", wh...
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Universidad de Navarra
2017-12-01
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| description | In the text, the word «mask» is treated in a broad sense, like that in the Spanish Golden Age, i.e., not only as an object, but as a peculiar type of disguise, as appearance. The article makes a distinction between «carnival mask», expression of freedom and happiness, and "social mask", which assumes current standards of the system. There are masks that are present in the political life and served to legitimize power, masks in religious life, showing the connection between the festive and the sacred. Both types of mask will also be present in the theatre, and both complement each other. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b36a3ec444c4756bd3d4bf588b3d2dd2022-12-22T00:00:19ZspaUniversidad de NavarraMemoria y Civilización1139-01072254-63672017-12-0120597010.15581/001.20.59-7013589Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival MasksVidmantas SilyunasIn the text, the word «mask» is treated in a broad sense, like that in the Spanish Golden Age, i.e., not only as an object, but as a peculiar type of disguise, as appearance. The article makes a distinction between «carnival mask», expression of freedom and happiness, and "social mask", which assumes current standards of the system. There are masks that are present in the political life and served to legitimize power, masks in religious life, showing the connection between the festive and the sacred. Both types of mask will also be present in the theatre, and both complement each other.https://www.unav.edu/publicaciones/revistas/index.php/myc/article/view/9769máscaradisfrazmáscara carnavalescamáscara socialdisimulacióndramas de honorviolenciafiesta |
| spellingShingle | Vidmantas Silyunas Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks Memoria y Civilización máscara disfraz máscara carnavalesca máscara social disimulación dramas de honor violencia fiesta |
| title | Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks |
| title_full | Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks |
| title_fullStr | Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks |
| title_short | Theatre and Power: Social Masks and Carnival Masks |
| title_sort | theatre and power social masks and carnival masks |
| topic | máscara disfraz máscara carnavalesca máscara social disimulación dramas de honor violencia fiesta |
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