This collection explores the concepts and practices of masquerade as they apply to concepts and practices of war. The contributors insist that masquerades are e

In Masquerade, Alfred F. Young scrapes through layers of fiction and myth to uncover the story of Deborah Sampson, a Massachusetts woman who passed as a man and

We have long saved--and curated--objects from wars to commemorate the war experience. These objects appear at national museums and memorials and are often menti

“Willis should be commended for penetrating a complex and socially guarded ritual resource to glean the hidden histories manifested therein.” —African Stu