Herpes Simplex Viral Encephalitis Masquerading as a Classic Left MCA Stroke by Peter A. Abdelmalik, Timothy Ambrose, Rodney Bell

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The Postfeminist Masquerade and the Cynical Male Gaze: The Disavowal of Sexual Difference in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves by Tamas NAGYPAL

“…By contrast, this paper argues that the heroine is rather trapped in what Angela McRobbie called the postfeminist masquerade, a feminine gender performance that returns to old forms of patriarchal subordination but with an ironic distance, thereby allowing the subject to imagine herself free of the capture of the masculine symbolic universe. …”
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Orality in the cultural area of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Ćurguz Jelena

“…Starting off from Ong's theory of orality and literacy (Ong, 1982/2012), the aim of this paper is to show that in social communication in the cultural area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, oral communication has been significantly preserved with the features of the primary orality, which is often ritualistic (Carey, 2009) and high-context (Hall, 1981). The study demonstrates that there are numerous traces of the primary orality in the celebration of family and religious holidays (such as Slava), as well as various folk customs (local celebrations, feasts and fairs, folk competitions, masquerades, carolers, weddings and funerals), and in everyday socializing (e.g. in cafes and among neighbors). …”
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Masques et mascarades dans Romola par George Eliot : la traversée des apparences by Stéphanie Richet

“…The spectator must then be on the lookout for cracks in falsely transparent surfaces so as to unmask the traitor. …”
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