Venice Incognito : Masks in the Serene Republic.
James H. Johnson
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (356 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Part One The Carnival of Venice -- Chapter 1 Casanova's Carnival -- Chapter 2 New World -- Chapter 3 Even Odds -- Chapter 4 Blood Sport -- Chapter 5 Fat Thursday -- Chapter 6 Anything Goes? -- Part Two The Culture of Masking -- Chapter 7 City of Masks -- Chapter 8 Infernal Associations -- Chapter 9 Devil's Dance -- Chapter 10 Unmasking the Heart -- Chapter 11 Age of Dissimulation -- Part Three The Honest Mask -- Chapter 12 Legislating Morality -- Chapter 13 Saving Face -- Chapter 14 Venetian Incognito -- Chapter 15 Democratizing Dress -- Chapter 16 Taming the Devil -- Part Four Carnival and Community -- Chapter 17 Redeemed by the Blood -- Chapter 18 Carnival Tales -- Chapter 19 The Mask of Sincerity -- Chapter 20 Carnival Contained -- Chapter 21 Bitter Ash -- Epilogue After the Fall -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Index.. - "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.
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