In Step with the Times: Mapiko Masquerades of Mozambique (New African Histories)

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The book reconstructs a history that has gone in large part unwritten achieving a panoramic vision of the concurrently embedded and independent trajectory of mapiko It is destined to grow to be a classic for its unparalleled assembly of rich and detailed ethnographic data Israel s analysis opens lines of sight onto how longstanding dynamics of social interaction in southeast and east central Africa adapted to and contributed to shaping the path of colonial rule in northern Mozambique This is very important and exciting history American Historical Review The helmet shaped mapiko masks of Mozambique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike as a result of their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context charting in detail the transformations of this masquerading tradition all over the twentieth century Based on field research spanning seven years this study shows how mapiko has undergone continuous reinvention by visionary individuals has diversified into genres with broad generational appeal and has enacted historical events and political engagements This dense history of creativity and change has been sustained by a culture of competition deeply ingrained within the logic of ritual itself The desire to outshine rivals on the dance ground drives performers to seek for the new the astonishing and the topical It is this spirit of rivalry and one upmanship that helps to keep mapiko attuned to the times that it traverses In Step with the Times is illustrated with vibrant photographs of mapiko masks and performances It marks the most radical attempt to this point to historicize an African performative tradition The helmet shaped mapiko masks of Mozam bique have garnered admiration from African art scholars and collectors alike as a result of their striking aesthetics and their grotesque allure This book restores to mapiko its historic and artistic context charting in detail the transformat

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