The Historical Anthropology of Early Modern Italy: Essays on Perception and CommunicationBased on archival material from the cities of Genoa, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, and Naples, as well as on published sources, such as travel journals, and artistic representations, this volume presents an original view of the culture of early modern Italy. The book addresses particular themes - specifically those of perception and communication - as well as serving to exemplify modes of analysis in the currently developing field of historical anthropology. In the first part of the book, Peter Burke examines the stereotyped ways in which contemporaries perceived social groups such as saints, beggars, and working women, and shows how these stereotypes were used, consciously and unconsciously, both by the authorities and by ordinary people. |
Contents
the census as collective representation | 27 |
Languages and antilanguages in early modern Italy | 79 |
Conclusion | 221 |
Notes | 239 |
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