Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/gvlacry Venice Incognito Masks in the Serene Republic By: James H. Johnson Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520267718, 0520267710 eText ISBN: 9780520948624, 0520948629 Edition: 1st Pages: 336 Format: EPUB Available from $ 34.95 USD SKU 9780520948624 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. Additional ISBNs 9780520294653, 0520294653
