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Mirrors and Masks in the Roman Empire : Encounter, Performance and Metamorphosis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hales, Shelley, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Material culture--Rome.
- Material culture.
- Masks--Rome.
- Masks.
- Mirrors--Rome.
- Mirrors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- An exploration of the ways in which masks and mirrors mediated encounters, enabled performances and effected visual and social metamorphoses across the Roman empire.
- Contents:
- List of Figures
- 1. Introduction
- Part I: Masks
- 2. Masks and Masculinity in Rome
- 3. Masques du Fer: Fighting for Rome on the Northern Frontiers
- 4. Mask Bottles: Theatrical Posturing
- Part II: Mirrors
- 5. Venus Victrix: The Reflection of Classical Beauty
- 6. Commemorating Mirrors and Femininity
- 7. Marine Venus: D&&&&&cor and Duplication in North Africa
- 8. Afterword: Colonising the Past
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-41271-6
- 1-350-41269-4
- OCLC:
- 1541774570
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