Buy At the Margins by Stephen J. Milner - Bookswagon
close menu
Bookswagon
search
My Account
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Home > Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Social classes > At the Margins: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy
At the Margins: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy

At the Margins: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


X
About the Book

Slaves, foundlings, prostitutes, nuns, homosexuals, exiles, the elderly, and mountain communities - such groups stood at the margins of society in premodern Italy. But where precisely the margins were was not so easily determined. Examining these minorities as the buffer zones between more readily recognizable centers, At the Margins explores identity as a process rather than a fixed entity, stressing the multiplicity of groups to which individuals belonged. By tracing the shifting relations of social margins to centers in Italy between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries - and showing how these shifts in turn relate to social order and identity formation - the authors challenge entrenched ideas about the nature of the Renaissance and its role in shaping modernity. Behind much cultural theory lies a critique of the centrality of modernity and its foundations in the discourse of Renaissance humanism. And yet, as this volume reveals, the insights of contemporary cultural theory serve to expose the flaws in this picture of cultural hegemony and, in decentering the Renaissance, return it to the heart of cultural debate.



Table of Contents:
Contents Editor's PrefacePart I: The Centrality of Margins Identity and the Margins of Italian Renaissance CultureStephen J. Milner Margins and Minorities: Contemporary ConcernsDerek Duncan Decentering the Italian Renaissance: The Challenge of PostmodernismPeter Burke Part II: Negotiating Margins The Ambivalence of Policing Sexual Margins: Sodomy and Sodomites in FlorenceMichael Rocke Stigma, Acceptance, and the End to Liminality: Jews and Christians in Early Modern ItalyKenneth R. Stow Cast Out and Shut In: The Experience of Nuns in Counter-Reformation VeniceMary Laven From Putte to Puttane: Female Foundlings and Charitable Institutions in Northern Italy, 1530-1630Philip Gavitt Part III: Marginal Voices Les Livres des Florentines: Reconsidering Women's Literacy in Quattrocento FlorenceJudith Bryce Exile, Rhetoric, and the Limits of Civic Republican DiscourseStephen J. Milner Dominican Marginalia: The Late Fifteenth-Century Printing Press of San Jacopo di Ripoli in FlorenceAnabel Thomas Part IV: Minority Groups Slaves in Italy, 1350-1550Steven A. Epstein The Marginality of Mountaineers in Renaissance FlorenceSamuel K. Cohn Jr. Vecchi, Poveri, e Impotenti: The Elderly in Renaissance VeniceDennis Romano Contributors Index

About the Author :

Stephen J. Milner is senior lecturer in Italian at the University of Bristol.Contributors: Judith Bryce, U of Bristol; Peter Burke, U of Cambridge; Samuel K, Cohn, Jr., U of Glasgow; Derek Duncan, U of Bristol; Steven A. Epstein, U of Kansas; Philip Gavitt, Saint Louis U; Mary Laven, Jesus College; Michael Rocke, Harvard U; Dennis Romano, Syracuse U; Kenneth R. Stow, U of Haifa; Anabel Thomas.


Best Sellers


Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780816638215
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Returnable: 03
  • Sub Title: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy
  • ISBN-10: 0816638217
  • Publisher Date: 14 Apr 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 03
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Width: 149 mm


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
At the Margins: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy
University of Minnesota Press -
At the Margins: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

At the Margins: Minority Groups in Premodern Italy

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Bookswagon (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Bookswagon, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Bookswagon (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Bookswagon a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Bookswagon may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Bookswagon's sole discretion. Bookswagon reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Bookswagon's website that Bookswagon deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Bookswagon does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Bookswagon to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Bookswagon reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Bookswagon, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Bookswagon, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept


    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!