Ordering Customs explores how Renaissance Venetians sought to make
sense of human difference in a period characterized by increasing
global contact and a rapid acceleration of the circulation of
information. Venice was at the center of both these developments.
The book traces the emergence of a distinctive tradition of
ethnographic writing that served as the basis for defining
religious and cultural difference in new ways. Taylor draws on a
trove of unpublished sources—diplomatic correspondence, court
records, diaries, and inventories—to show that the study of
customs, rituals, and ways of life not only became central in how
Venetians sought to apprehend other peoples, but also had a very
real impact at the level of policy, shaping how the Venetian state
governed minority populations in the city and its empire. In
contrast with the familiar image of ethnography as the product of
overseas imperial and missionary encounters, the book points to a
more complicated set of origins. Â
General
| Imprint: |
University of Delaware Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The Early Modern Exchange |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| First published: |
2023 |
| Authors: |
Kathryn Taylor
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
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| Pages: |
238 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-64453-300-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-64453-300-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781644533000 |
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