This book studies how the Jewish community of Mantua established, normalized, and maintained interrelations with the Christian community for over 130 years, from 1520 to 1650, by means of theatre performance for the Gonzaga Dukes. Performance is shown to have been a mutually beneficial "currency" that both the Dukes and Jews could use to calibrate their relations with one another. Seen in this light, the author demonstrates that performance was not the consequence of cultural exchange between Jews and Christians, but was one of the means by which the complicated nature of cultural communication and exchange took place.
Jewish Theatre Making in Mantua details the performances created by the Jewish community of Mantua and argues that these theatrical events were a crucial component in the ability of Jews to live peacefully within Mantua, which became one of the few refuges left to Jews in the Italian peninsula and Catholic Europe.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2022
Copyrightjahr
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-250-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-64189-251-3
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Jewish Engagements
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
202
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Table of contents Kein Zugriff
List of Figures Kein Zugriff
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Chapter Organization of the Book Kein Zugriff
The History of Jews in Mantua Kein Zugriff
Marks, Surveillance, and Ghettoization of Jews in Early Modern Italy Kein Zugriff
Derisive Representation of Jews in Carnival Performance Kein Zugriff
Literary and Textual Presentations of and by the Jews Kein Zugriff
Jewish Cultural Institutions Kein Zugriff
Communal Celebrations and Space Kein Zugriff
The Role of Women Kein Zugriff
Social Structures and Dynamics within the Jewish Community Kein Zugriff
Institutions for Regulating the Jewish Community Kein Zugriff
The Idea of Exchange Kein Zugriff
The Backdrop: Theatre Experiments in Northern Italy Kein Zugriff
The First Theatrical Performances by the Jews of Pesaro Kein Zugriff
Theatre-Making in Ferrara Kein Zugriff
Isabella D’Este As a Conduit for Theatre-making Influences Between Ferrara and Mantua Kein Zugriff
Early Theatre-Making by the Jews of Mantua Kein Zugriff
Mantuan Performances by the Jews and Scenic Innovations Kein Zugriff
Early Years Kein Zugriff
Other Cities of Temptation and Learning Kein Zugriff
Interculturalism and Bilingual Art Kein Zugriff
A Comedy of Betrothal (Ṣaḥuth Bediḥuta Deqiddushin): the First Hebrew Play Kein Zugriff
Mapping the Levant Through Performance Kein Zugriff
De’ Sommi, 1560s Mantua, and the Birth of an Intercultural Theatre-Maker Kein Zugriff
De’ Sommi and the Dialoghi: Strengthening Jewish Theatre-making in Mantua Kein Zugriff
Maturation and Sedimentation of De’ Sommi’s work in the 1570s and 1580s Kein Zugriff
De’ Sommi’s Dexterity in Cultivating Patrons Kein Zugriff
De’ Sommi as Advocate for the Jewish Community Kein Zugriff
Exit With Fireworks Kein Zugriff
Basilea: A Closer Look at the Man Kein Zugriff
The Counter-Reformation and its Effect on the Everyday Lives of the Jews of Mantua Kein Zugriff
Paradigmatic Shift of Performance Kein Zugriff
Jews as Contractors in Vincenzo’s Extravagant Age Kein Zugriff
Legal and Economic Dealings Between Jews and Actors Kein Zugriff
Desirability and Surveillance of Jewish Performers in the Counter-Reformation Kein Zugriff
The Intimacy of Exchange Kein Zugriff
The End of Committed Gonzaga Patronage Kein Zugriff
The War of Mantuan Succession and its Devastating Effects Kein Zugriff
Internal Tensions Within the Jewish Community Kein Zugriff
Mantuan Theatre as a Forum for Debate and Exchange Kein Zugriff
A Coda: Theatre and Conversion Kein Zugriff
Chapter 7. Conclusion Kein Zugriff Seiten 161 - 164
Appendix 1. Translation of Description of Jewish Performance in Pesaro in 1475' Kein Zugriff Seiten 165 - 166
Appendix 2. Jewish Performances in Mantua Kein Zugriff Seiten 167 - 178
Primary Sources and Archives Consulted Kein Zugriff
