02948nam 2200649 a 450 991045694590332120200520144314.01-283-27776-X97866132777630-520-94862-910.1525/9780520948624(CKB)2550000000031327(EBL)669815(SSID)ssj0000474208(PQKBManifestationID)11302874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474208(PQKBWorkID)10450050(PQKB)10761806(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056103(MiAaPQ)EBC669815(OCoLC)712773779(MdBmJHUP)muse30811(DE-B1597)520464(DE-B1597)9780520948624(Au-PeEL)EBL669815(CaPaEBR)ebr10455029(CaONFJC)MIL327776(EXLCZ)99255000000003132720100825d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVenice incognito[electronic resource] masks in the serene republic /James H. JohnsonBerkeley, Calif. ;Los Angeles, Calif. University of California Press20111 online resource (335 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-29465-3 0-520-26771-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The carnival of Venice -- pt. 2. The culture of masking -- pt. 3. The honest mask -- pt. 4. Carnival and community."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.MasksItalyVeniceHistoryVenice (Italy)Social life and customsVenice (Italy)History1508-1797Electronic books.MasksHistory.391.4/340945311Johnson James H.1960-1006604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456945903321Venice incognito2316809UNINA