Venice incognito [electronic resource] : masks in the serene republic / James H. Johnson.
Johnson, James H., 1960-
2011
GT1748.I82 J65 2011eb
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Title Venice incognito [electronic resource] : masks in the serene republic / James H. Johnson.
Author Johnson, James H., 1960-
ISBN 9780520948624 (electronic book)
9780520267718
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiv, 317 p.) : ill.
Call Number GT1748.I82 J65 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 391.4/340945311
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.
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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.

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