A veil of silence : women and sound in Renaissance Italy
Rombough, Julia, 1987-2024
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Julia Rombough explores the regulation of sound in women's residential institutions in early modern Florence. Silence was tied to ideals of feminine purity and spiritual discipline, yet enclosed women still laughed, shouted, sang, and conversed. 'A Veil of Silence' offers a revealing history of the political and spiritual meanings of the senses.
Main title:
A veil of silence : women and sound in Renaissance Italy / Julia Rombough.
Author:
Rombough, Julia, 1987-, authorVilla I Tatti (Florence, Italy), associated with work
Imprint:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024.
Collation:
ix, 243 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Published in collaboration with I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence, Italy.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780674295810 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
Women -- Italy -- Florence -- Social conditions -- HistoryNoise -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Florence -- HistorySilence -- Social aspects -- Italy -- Florence -- HistoryDomestic space -- Italy -- Florence -- HistoryCity and town life -- Italy -- Florence -- HistoryFlorence (Italy) -- History -- 1421-1737Society
BRN:
2846488
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