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Page 77
... truth . It is because the mask acts as a willing deception that it communicates hidden truth . The mask has power on its own to transform the wearer into what he is not . As in primitive ritual , the mask transforms the wearer so that ...
... truth . It is because the mask acts as a willing deception that it communicates hidden truth . The mask has power on its own to transform the wearer into what he is not . As in primitive ritual , the mask transforms the wearer so that ...
Page 88
... truth and fiction . If fiction , the realm usually preserved for fabrication and fantasy , is the location of “ truth , " then truth is not what we suppose to be . Likewise , in The Alexandria Quartet , the homosexual Balthazar chides ...
... truth and fiction . If fiction , the realm usually preserved for fabrication and fantasy , is the location of “ truth , " then truth is not what we suppose to be . Likewise , in The Alexandria Quartet , the homosexual Balthazar chides ...
Page 89
... truth . On the simplest level , we alibi to hide our behavior . If a straight friend asks what I did last Saturday night when I was dancing at a gay bar and I tell him I stayed at home , I actively construct an untruth . If he , then ...
... truth . On the simplest level , we alibi to hide our behavior . If a straight friend asks what I did last Saturday night when I was dancing at a gay bar and I tell him I stayed at home , I actively construct an untruth . If he , then ...
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Seizing the Erotic | 23 |
The Sexual Predator | 47 |
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