| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The carnival of Venice. Casanova's carnival -- New world -- Even odds -- Blood sport -- Fat Thursday -- Anything Goes? -- The culture of masking. City of masks -- Infernal associations -- Devil's dance -- Unmasking the heart -- Age of dissimulation -- The honest mask. Legislating morality -- Saving face -- Venetian incognito -- Democratizing dress -- Taming the devil -- Carnival and community. Redeemed by the blood -- Carnival tales -- The mask of sincerity -- Carnival contained -- Bitter ash -- Epilogue: After the fall. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Masks -- Italy -- Venice -- History.
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Masks. |
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Italy -- Venice. |
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History. |
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Venice (Italy) -- Social life and customs.
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| Chronological Term |
1508-1797 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Johnson, James H., 1960- Venice incognito. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267718 (DLC) 2010036097 (OCoLC)659306151 |
| ISBN |
9780520948624 (electronic book) |
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0520948629 (electronic book) |
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9780520267718 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520267710 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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