Format:
1 online resource (356 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780520948624
Content:
"The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison with the libertine Casanova. In Venice Incognito, James H. Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city. He draws on a wealth of material to explore the world view of maskers, both during and outside of carnival, and reconstructs their logic: covering the face in public was a uniquely Venetian response to one of the most rigid class hierarchies in European history. This vivid account goes beyond common views that masking was about forgetting the past and minding the muse of pleasure to offer fresh insight into the historical construction of identity.
Content:
Intro -- Venice Incognito: Masks in the Serene Republic -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- PART ONE. THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE -- 1. Casanova's Carnival -- 2. NewWorld -- 3. Even Odds -- 4. Blood Sport -- 5. Fat Thursday -- 6. Anything Goes? -- PART TWO. THE CULTURE OF MASKING -- 7. City of Masks -- 8. Infernal Associations -- 9. Devil's Dance -- 10. Unmasking the Heart -- 11. Age of Dissimulation -- PART THREE. THE HONEST MASK -- 12. Legislating Morality -- 13. Saving Face -- 14. Venetian Incognito -- 15. Democratizing Dress -- 16. Taming the Devil -- PART FOUR. CARNIVAL AND COMMUNITY -- 17. Redeemed by the Blood -- 18. Carnival Tales -- 19. The Mask of Sincerity -- 20. Carnival Contained -- 21. Bitter Ash -- Epilogue: After the Fall -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520267718
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780520267718
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=669815
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