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===Anthropological and Cultural Theory===
 
===Anthropological and Cultural Theory===
  
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:*Storey, Chapter 1, p. 1-5
 
:*Nanda and Warms, Introduction to Anthropology, Ch 4, "Cultural Anthropology"
 
:*Nanda and Warms, Introduction to Anthropology, Ch 4, "Cultural Anthropology"
  
 
==JAN 27==
 
==JAN 27==
  
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:*Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapters 1+ 2 (culture, populations, ethnography cultural transmission)
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:*Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapters 1
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:*Bowman, Honour, Introduction
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:*Bowman, Honour, "Introduction"
  
 
==JAN 29==
 
==JAN 29==
  
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:*Storey, Chapter 1
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:*Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapter 2
 
:*Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"
 
:*Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"
  
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:*Marx, in Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
 
:*Marx, in Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
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:*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx); p. 82-84 (Hegemony)
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:*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx);  
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==FEB 5==
 
==FEB 5==
  
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:*continue discussion of Marx and in Italian context
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:*poss. Creban
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:*Gramsci, "Our Marx" 36-40
  
 
==FEB 10==
 
==FEB 10==
  
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:*poss. Creban
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:*Gramsci, "Intellectuals and Education"  p. 300
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:*Gramsci, "Common Sense, Language, and Folklore"  
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:*Gramsci, "Hegemony, Intellectuals, and the State," 75-80
  
  
 
==FEB 12==
 
==FEB 12==
  
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continued discussion of Gramsci.
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:*Geertz, "Thick Description"
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:*Wood, Graeme, "Anthropology Inc"
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:*De Certeau, "Everyday Practice"...
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:*Anthropology of You Tube
  
 
==FEB 17==
 
==FEB 17==
  
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:*Geertz, "Thick Description"
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:*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"  
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:*Wood, Graeme, "Anthropology Inc"
 
  
 
==FEB 19==
 
==FEB 19==
  
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:*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"
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:*TBD: critical ethnographic film
  
 
==FEB 24==
 
==FEB 24==
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===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South===
  
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:*TBD: critical ethnographic film
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:*Putnam, historical chapter
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:*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
  
 
==FEB 26==
 
==FEB 26==
  
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:*Midterm Exam
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:*Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
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:*coming soon, One Nation, Three Republics
  
 
==MAR 3 ==
 
==MAR 3 ==
  
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===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South===
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:*Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"
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:*Putnam, historical chapter
 
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:*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
 
  
 
==MAR 5==
 
==MAR 5==
  
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:*Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
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:*Midterm Exam
  
 
==MAR 17==
 
==MAR 17==
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:*Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"
 
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==MAR 19==
 
  
 
:*News on electoral reforms today
 
:*News on electoral reforms today
 
:*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture"
 
:*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture"
  
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==MAR 24==
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==MAR 19==
  
 
:*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
 
:*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
  
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==MAR 26==
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==MAR 24==
  
 
:*Benvenuti al Sud?
 
:*Benvenuti al Sud?
  
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==MAR 31==
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==MAR 26==
  
 
===Shame and Honour===
 
===Shame and Honour===
  
 
:*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
 
:*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
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:*movie, Rocco and His Brothers
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===MAR 31===
  
 
:*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
 
:*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
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==APR 2 ==
  
 
:*movie, Divorce Italian Style
 
:*movie, Divorce Italian Style
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:*Feminicido Today --  
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:*Feminicido Today -- links to current news
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==APR 2 ==
 
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:*movie, Ricco and His Brothers
 
  
 
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==APR 7 ==
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:*Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"  
 
:*Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"  
 
:*Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"  
 
:*Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"  
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==APR 9==
 
==APR 9==
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===Popular Culture===
 
===Popular Culture===
  
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:*movie, Gommorah,
 
:*movie, Gommorah,
 
:*Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
 
:*Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
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:*The Art of Making do in Naples
  
 
==APR 21==
 
==APR 21==

Revision as of 01:29, 17 November 2014

Return to Philosophy of Italian Culture

JAN 13

Introductory Topics

  • Introduction to the Course

JAN 15

  • Gilmour, "Modern Italy"

JAN 20

  • Emmett and Piras, "Girlfriend in a Coma"

JAN 22

Anthropological and Cultural Theory

  • Storey, Chapter 1, p. 1-5
  • Nanda and Warms, Introduction to Anthropology, Ch 4, "Cultural Anthropology"

JAN 27

  • Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapters 1
  • Bowman, Honour, "Introduction"

JAN 29

  • Richerson and Boyd, Not By Genes Alone, Chapter 2
  • Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"

FEB 3

More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography

  • Marx, in Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
  • Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx);

FEB 5

  • poss. Creban
  • Gramsci, "Our Marx" 36-40

FEB 10

  • Gramsci, "Intellectuals and Education" p. 300
  • Gramsci, "Hegemony, Intellectuals, and the State," 75-80


FEB 12

  • Geertz, "Thick Description"
  • Wood, Graeme, "Anthropology Inc"
  • De Certeau, "Everyday Practice"...
  • Anthropology of You Tube

FEB 17

  • Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"

FEB 19

  • TBD: critical ethnographic film

FEB 24

Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South

  • Putnam, historical chapter
  • D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"

FEB 26

  • Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
  • coming soon, One Nation, Three Republics

MAR 3

  • Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"

MAR 5

  • Midterm Exam

MAR 17

  • News on electoral reforms today
  • Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture"

MAR 19

  • Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194

MAR 24

  • Benvenuti al Sud?

MAR 26

Shame and Honour

  • Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
  • movie, Rocco and His Brothers

MAR 31

  • Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"

APR 2

  • movie, Divorce Italian Style
  • Feminicido Today -- links to current news

APR 7

  • Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"
  • Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"

APR 9

Popular Culture

  • Storey, Chapter 1, 5-12
  • Gramsci, Popular Culture
  • Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture

APR 14

  • movie, Reality
  • Stille, Chapter 3

APR 16

  • movie, Gommorah,
  • Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
  • The Art of Making do in Naples

APR 21

  • movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer

APR 23

  • Ginsburg, Italy and Discontents, Chapter Six, "Corruption and the Mafia," pp. 179-213

APR 28

  • movie, Slow Food

APR 30

  • Student Presentations

MAY 5

  • Student Presentations / Review

MAY 7

  • Final Exam
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