03286oam 2200757 a 450 991097079130332120240516034417.097866132777639781283277761128327776X9780520948624052094862910.1525/9780520948624(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(dli)HEB33073(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000511(Perlego)550626(MiU)MIU01100000000000000000511(EXLCZ)99255000000003132720100825d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVenice incognito masks in the serene republic /James H. Johnson1st ed.Berkeley, Calif. ;Los Angeles, Calif. :University of California Press,2011.1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.9780520294653 0520294653 9780520267718 0520267710 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.ACLS Fellows' Publications.MasksItalyVeniceHistoryVenice (Italy)Social life and customsVenice (Italy)History1508-1797MasksHistory.391.4/340945311Johnson James H.1960-1006604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970791303321Venice incognito2316809UNINA