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===More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography=== | ===More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography=== | ||
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:*Marx and Engels quotes In Storey, Reader, p. 58-60 | :*Marx and Engels quotes In Storey, Reader, p. 58-60 | ||
:*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx); | :*Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx); | ||
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:*Crehan, "Gramsci's life and work" | :*Crehan, "Gramsci's life and work" | ||
:* Storey, Chapter 4 82-4 | :* Storey, Chapter 4 82-4 | ||
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:*Watch ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' | :*Watch ''The Working Class Goes to Heaven'' | ||
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==FEB 17== | ==FEB 17== | ||
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:*short video, "Puglia" 26 mins. | :*short video, "Puglia" 26 mins. | ||
==FEB 19== | ==FEB 19== | ||
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:*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles" | :*Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles" | ||
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===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South=== | ===Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South=== | ||
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:*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi" | :*D'Epirio, "Garibaldi" | ||
:*Doyle, One Nation, Three Republics | :*Doyle, One Nation, Three Republics | ||
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==FEB 26== | ==FEB 26== | ||
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:*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture" 94-107 | :*Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture" 94-107 | ||
:*Putnam, historical chapter | :*Putnam, historical chapter | ||
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==MAR 17== | ==MAR 17== | ||
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:*Watch ''Benvenuti al Sud'' | :*Watch ''Benvenuti al Sud'' | ||
==MAR 19== | ==MAR 19== | ||
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:*Gilmour, "Introduction" | :*Gilmour, "Introduction" | ||
:*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194 | :*Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194 | ||
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===Shame and Honour=== | ===Shame and Honour=== | ||
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:*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor" | :*Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor" | ||
:*movie, Rocco and His Brothers | :*movie, Rocco and His Brothers | ||
==MAR 26== | ==MAR 26== | ||
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:*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code" | :*Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code" | ||
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:*movie, Divorce Italian Style | :*movie, Divorce Italian Style | ||
==APR 2 == | ==APR 2 == | ||
| + | :*Short Answer Question (outside of class on 3/26 and 3/31) | ||
:*Feminicido Today -- links to current news | :*Feminicido Today -- links to current news | ||
==APR 7 == | ==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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===Popular Culture=== | ===Popular Culture=== | ||
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:*Storey, Chapter 1, 5-13, Chapter 4 64-72 | :*Storey, Chapter 1, 5-13, Chapter 4 64-72 | ||
:*Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture, 81-8 | :*Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture, 81-8 | ||
==APR 14== | ==APR 14== | ||
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:*Gramsci, Popular Culture | :*Gramsci, Popular Culture | ||
==APR 16== | ==APR 16== | ||
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:*Preview of Gomorra in class | :*Preview of Gomorra in class | ||
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==APR 21== | ==APR 21== | ||
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:*movie, Gommorah, | :*movie, Gommorah, | ||
==APR 23== | ==APR 23== | ||
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:*Andrews, "Civic renaissance in Sicily," pp. 131-150. | :*Andrews, "Civic renaissance in Sicily," pp. 131-150. | ||
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:*movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer | :*movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer | ||
==APR 30== | ==APR 30== | ||
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:*Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story" | :*Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story" | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 29 January 2015
Return to Philosophy of Italian Culture
Contents
- 1 JAN 13
- 2 JAN 15
- 3 JAN 20
- 4 JAN 22
- 5 JAN 27
- 6 JAN 29
- 7 FEB 3
- 8 FEB 5
- 9 FEB 10
- 10 FEB 12
- 11 FEB 17
- 12 FEB 19
- 13 FEB 24
- 14 FEB 26
- 15 MAR 3
- 16 MAR 5
- 17 MAR 17
- 18 MAR 19
- 19 MAR 24
- 20 MAR 26
- 21 MAR 31
- 22 APR 2
- 23 APR 7
- 24 APR 9
- 25 APR 14
- 26 APR 16
- 27 APR 21
- 28 APR 23
- 29 APR 28
- 30 APR 30
- 31 MAY 5
- 32 MAY 7
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, only up to page 40.
- Diamond, Jared, "How Do Cultures Make Such Big Mistakes?"
FEB 3
More Tools for the Critique of Culture: Marx, Gramsci, Symbolic Anthropology, and Ethnography
- Quiz
- Marx and Engels quotes In Storey, Reader, p. 58-60
- Storey, Text, Chapter 4, p. 59-62 (Marx);
FEB 5
- Quiz
- Crehan, "Gramsci's life and work"
- Storey, Chapter 4 82-4
- Gramsci, "Hegemony, Intellectuals, and the State," 75-80
FEB 10
- Movie Presentations
- Watch The Working Class Goes to Heaven
FEB 12
- Rapport and Overling, "Thick Description," 349-352, Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Geertz, "Thick Description"
FEB 17
- Short Answer in class, over Feb 12.
- short video, "Puglia" 26 mins.
FEB 19
- Quiz
- Pia di Bella, Maria, "Name, Blood and Miracles"
FEB 24
Anomalies of Italian Culture: Unification, Italian "Mentality", the Problem of the South
- Quiz
- D'Epirio, "Garibaldi"
- Doyle, One Nation, Three Republics
- The Economist, March 2011 Video-presentation on the Risorgimento: http://www.economist.com/blogs/multimedia/2011/03/italys_divisions
- The Economist, June 9th, 2011: "Oh for a new Risorgimento" http://www.economist.com/node/18780831
FEB 26
- Quiz
- Ginsbourg, Ch. 4, "Civil Society and Mass Culture" 94-107
- Putnam, historical chapter
- Putnam "Explaining institutional performance"
TBA contemporary articles
MAR 3
- Viroli, Chapter 4, "The Pre-requisites of Servitude"
MAR 5
- Midterm Exam
MAR 17
- Movie Presentations
- Watch Benvenuti al Sud
MAR 19
- Quiz
- Gilmour, "Introduction"
- Parks, Chapter 5, 147-194
MAR 24
Shame and Honour
- Movie Presentations
- Gilmore, "Introduction: The Shame of Dishonor"
- movie, Rocco and His Brothers
MAR 26
- Quiz
- Bettiga-Boukerbout, "Crimes of 'Honour' in the Italian Penal Code"
MAR 31
- Movie Presentations
- movie, Divorce Italian Style
APR 2
- Short Answer Question (outside of class on 3/26 and 3/31)
- Feminicido Today -- links to current news
APR 7
- no quiz
- Zanardo, "Il Corpo delle Donne"
- Muraro, Lisa, "Toward a Symbolic of Sexual Difference"
APR 9
Popular Culture
- Quiz
- Storey, Chapter 1, 5-13, Chapter 4 64-72
- Bennett, Gramsci and Popular Culture, 81-8
APR 14
- no quiz
- Gramsci, Popular Culture
APR 16
- Quiz
- Saviano, Gommorah, excerpts
- Preview of Gomorra in class
APR 21
- Movie Presentations
- movie, Gommorah,
APR 23
- Short Answer
- Andrews, "Civic renaissance in Sicily," pp. 131-150.
- Lecture on the State-mafia negotiations
APR 28
- Movie Presentations
- movie, The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
APR 30
- Quiz
- Watch "Slow Food"and read selections from Andrews "The Slow Food story"
MAY 5
- Student Presentations / Review
MAY 7
- Final Exam
