Laughter and Violence in the Italian Renaissance: The Physical and Emotional Abuse of the "beffa", c. 1400-1600

意大利文艺复兴时期的笑声和暴力：“beffa”的身体和情感虐待，c。

• 批准号: 2433677
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Warwick
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2433677
• 关键词: Laughter; Violence; Italian; Renaissance; Physical

My project investigates the expressly violent culture of the Italian Renaissance through the analysis of aphenomenon that remains to be fully studied: the beffa. This was a cruel joke, unique to early modernItaly, that intended to mock and humiliate the victim. The violence of this humour has been littleexplored despite the beffa often resulting in the victim bruised and bloodied or so ashamed that they lefttheir hometown.This interest evolved from my postgraduate thesis which focused on what the beffa could reveal aboutelite male sociability, masculine values and the sinister nature of the Italian courts. The final chapterexplored where the humour became 'too cruel' and touched on its emotional and physical violence. Themale courtiers were amused by the anguish this humour created which suggested that violence andenjoyment were intertwined in this culture. This poses new thought-provoking questions for the existinghistoriography on interpersonal violence which, due to the specific focus, my MA thesis could notconsider.The project provides the opportunity to examine this interrogation more substantively. It goes beyond thefocus of elite males to include additional variables such as women, other social classes and age groups.The research will be organised into thematic chapters: gender, class, and age, acting both as analyticalcategories and representative of the different interpersonal relationships impacted by this humour. Itshall consult varied sources such as legal documents, art, literature, and archival material, and focus onVenice and Florence drawing comparisons where necessary from other Italian cities and fromRenaissance France.

我的项目通过对beffa现象的分析来研究意大利文艺复兴时期明显的暴力文化，这一现象仍有待充分研究。这是一个残酷的笑话，是近代早期意大利所独有的，意在嘲笑和羞辱受害者。这种幽默的暴力性很少被探讨，尽管beffa通常会导致受害者遍体鳞伤，流血或羞愧得离开家乡。这种兴趣源于我的研究生论文，论文的重点是beffa可以揭示出意大利男性的社交能力，男性价值观和意大利法院的邪恶本质。最后一章探讨了幽默在哪里变得“太残忍”，并触及了它的情感和身体暴力。男性朝臣们被这种幽默所造成的痛苦逗乐了，这表明暴力和享乐在这种文化中交织在一起。这对现存的人际暴力历史学提出了新的发人深省的问题，由于具体的关注点，我的硕士论文无法考虑这些问题。该项目提供了更实质性地研究这种审讯的机会。它超越了精英男性的焦点，包括其他变量，如女性，其他社会阶层和年龄组。研究将被组织成主题章节：性别，阶级和年龄，既作为分析类别，也代表了这种幽默影响的不同人际关系。它将咨询各种来源，如法律的文件，艺术，文学和档案材料，并侧重于威尼斯和佛罗伦萨提请比较，在必要时，从其他意大利城市和文艺复兴时期的法国。